put-put

A form of putt-putt — Of a motorised vehicle, to move with a repeated emission of small explosive pops from the exhaust.

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Meanings

verbput-put (third-person singular simple present put-puts, present participle put-putting, simple past and past participle put-putted)

present singular third person put-puts · participle present put-putting · participle past put-putted · past put-putted

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of putt-putt

    Turning only slowly, the early medieval watermill put-putted along with the horsepower of a modern moped or small motorbike.

    1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 119
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APA

put-put. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put-put

MLA

“put-put.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put-put. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put-put,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put-put.

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