put-put

put-put

 (pŭt′pŭt′) Informal

n. & v.

Variant of putt-putt.

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put-put

(ˈpʌtˌpʌt)

n

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

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

vb, -puts, -putting or -putted

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

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put-put

or putt-putt

(ˈpʌtˈpʌt, -ˌpʌt)

n.

1. Informal. a small internal-combustion engine, or something equipped with one.

2. the sound made by such an engine.

[1900–05; imitative]

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put-put

Past participle: put-putted
Gerund: put-putting

Imperative

put-put

put-put

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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

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Translations

put-put

n (= sound) → Tuckern nt

vi → tuckern

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