putt

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putt / pət/ • v. (put·ted, put·ting) [intr.] try to hit a golf ball into a hole by striking it gently so that it rolls across the green: Nicklaus putted for eagle on 11 of the 16 par 5s| [tr.] putt the balls into the hole. • n. a stroke of this kind made in an attempt to hole the ball.

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