put-put (redirected from put-putted)

put-put  (ptpt)

n. Slang

1. A small gasoline engine.

2. A vehicle, such as a boat, that is operated by a small gasoline engine.

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[Imitative of a running engine.]

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put-put [ˈpʌtˌpʌt] Informal

n

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a light chugging or popping sound, as made by a petrol engine

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a vehicle powered by an engine making such a sound

vb -puts, -putting, -putted

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (intr) to make or travel along with such a sound

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

put-put - a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat) gasoline engine, petrol engine - an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Translations

put-put

n (= sound) → Tuckern nt

vi → tuckern