Definitions for puts
puts
put
Spelling: [poo t]
IPA: /pʊt/
Puts is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 33 anagrams from letters in puts (pstu).
Definitions for puts
noun
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a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
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Also called put option. Finance. an option that gives the right to sell a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given time, purchased by a person who expects the stock to decline.
Compare call (def 52).
Idioms
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put it to, Slang.
to overburden with work, blame, etc.:
to take advantage of; cheat:
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put oneself out, to take pains; go to trouble or expense:
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put something over on, to take advantage of; deceive:
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put to it, to be confronted with a problem; have difficulty:
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stay put, Informal. to remain in the same position; refuse to move:
Verb phrases
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put about,
Nautical. to change direction, as on a course.
to start (a rumor); circulate.
to inconvenience; trouble.
to disturb; worry.
to turn in a different direction.
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put across,
to cause to be understood or received favorably:
to do successfully; accomplish:
to be successful in (a form of deception):
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put aside/by,
to store up; save.
Also, set aside. to put out of the way; place to one side:
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put away,
to put in the designated place for storage:
to save, especially for later use:
to discard:
to drink or eat, especially in a large quantity; finish off:
to confine in a jail or a mental institution:
to put to death by humane means:
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put down,
to write down; register; record.
to enter in a list, as of subscribers or contributors:
to suppress; check; squelch:
to attribute; ascribe:
to regard or categorize:
Informal. to criticize, especially in a contemptuous manner; disparage; belittle.
Informal. to humble, humiliate, or embarrass.
to pay as a deposit.
to store for future use:
to dig or sink, as a well.
to put (an animal) to death; put away.
to land an aircraft or in an aircraft:
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put forth,
to bring out; bear; grow:
to propose; present:
to bring to public notice; publish:
to exert; exercise:
to set out; depart:
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put forward,
to propose; advance:
to nominate, promote, or support, as for a position:
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put in,
Also, put into. Nautical. to enter a port or harbor, especially for shelter, repairs, or provisions.
to interpose; intervene.
to spend (time) as indicated.
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put in for, to apply for or request (something):
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put off,
to postpone; defer.
to confuse or perturb; disconcert; repel:
to get rid of by delay or evasion.
to lay aside; take off.
to start out, as on a voyage.
to launch (a boat) from shore or from another vessel:
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put on,
to clothe oneself with (an article of clothing).
to assume insincerely or falsely; pretend.
to assume; adopt.
to inflict; impose.
to cause to be performed; produce; stage.
Informal. to tease (a person), especially by pretending the truth of something that is untrue:
to act in a pretentious or ostentatious manner; exaggerate:
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put out,
to extinguish, as a fire.
to confuse; embarrass.
to be vexed or annoyed:
to subject to inconvenience.
Baseball, Softball, Cricket. to cause to be removed from an opportunity to reach base or score; retire.
to publish.
to go out to sea.
to manufacture; prepare; produce.
to exert; apply:
Slang: Vulgar. (of a woman) to engage in coitus.
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put over,
to succeed in; accomplish:
to postpone; defer:
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put through,
to complete successfully; execute:
to bring about; effect:
to make a telephone connection for:
to make (a telephone connection):
to cause to undergo or endure:
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put up,
to construct; erect.
to can (vegetables, fruits, etc.); preserve (jam, jelly, etc.).
to set or arrange (the hair).
to provide (money); contribute.
to accommodate; lodge.
to display; show.
to stake (money) to support a wager.
to propose as a candidate; nominate:
to offer, especially for public sale.
Archaic. to sheathe one's sword; stop fighting.
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put upon, to take unfair advantage of; impose upon:
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put up to, to provoke; prompt; incite:
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put up with, to endure; tolerate; bear:
verb (used with object)
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to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position:
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to bring into some relation, state, etc.:
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to place in the charge or power of a person, institution, etc.:
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to subject to the endurance or suffering of something:
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to set to a duty, task, action, etc.:
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to force or drive to some course or action:
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to render or translate, as into another language:
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to provide (words) with music as accompaniment; set:
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to assign or attribute:
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to set at a particular place, point, amount, etc., in a scale of estimation:
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to bet or wager:
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to express or state:
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to apply, as to a use or purpose:
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to set, give, or make:
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to propose or submit for answer, consideration, deliberation, etc.:
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to impose, as a burden, charge, or the like:
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to invest (often followed by in or into):
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to lay the blame of (usually followed by on, to, etc.):
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to throw or cast, especially with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder:
verb (used without object)
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to go, move, or proceed:
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Informal. to begin to travel:
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to shoot out or grow, or send forth shoots or sprouts.
Origin of puts
before 1000; Middle English put(t)en to push, thrust, put, Old English *putian (as verbal noun putung an impelling, inciting); akin to pytan, potian to push, goad, cognate with Old Norse pota
Examples for puts
Then I shall have to put it out of your power to carry out your threat.
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
Kennedy: "Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind."
"I'll put on the teakettle at once, Robert," said his mother, rising.
When I put their allegations to Epstein, he denied them and went into overdrive.
To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.
She put her arms about her neck, and affectionately inquired the cause of her distress.
Robert shrank from informing him, but he knew it to be his duty, and he was too brave to put it off.
They've put lots of good weight-carriers off the track before they was due to go.