Definitions for put-put

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put-put put-put

Spelling: [puht-puht, -puht]

IPA: /ˈpʌtˈpʌt, -ˌpʌt/

Put-Put is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in put-put (-ppttuu).

Definitions for put-put

noun

1. the sound made by a small internal-combustion engine or imitative of its operation.
2. Informal. a small internal-combustion engine, or something, as a boat or model airplane, equipped with one:

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to operate with sounds suggesting a put-put, as a small motor or motor-driven device.

Origin of put-put

First recorded in 1900-05; imitative

Examples for put-put

Then as the put-put began, she turned the dial to catch the different grades of sound.

Suddenly, as Tom looked, he heard the "put-put" of a motor-boat.

When Tom was within a few miles of his own boathouse he heard behind him the "put-put" of a motor craft.

Why does n't Papa come in and say he is going to give me put-put?

Suddenly I heard "put-put" directly behind me; turning my head, I saw, within twenty paces of me, a fine gobbler.

The put-put of the motor had aroused the Germans to what was going on.

And now, he said, how about having another try at the put-put of the gremlins, or subs?

These were the records of the put-put broadcast which she and Danny had kept.

Many times I have called turkeys to within a few feet of me; so near that I have heard their "put-put."

Only the put-put of the motor, rapidly dying away, remained of him.