Definitions for putty

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putty put·ty

Spelling: [puht-ee]

IPA: /ˈpʌt i/

Putty is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in putty (pttuy).

Definitions for putty

noun

1. a compound of whiting and linseed oil, of a doughlike consistency when fresh, used to secure windowpanes, patch woodwork defects, etc.
2. any of various other compounds used for similar purposes.
3. any of various substances for sealing the joints of tubes or pipes, composed of linseed oil with red lead, white lead, iron oxide, etc.
4. a creamy mixture of lime and water, partially dried and mixed with sand and plaster of Paris to make a finish plaster coat.
5. putty powder.
6. any person or thing easily molded, influenced, etc.:
7. light brownish- or yellowish-gray.
8. puttee.

Idioms

1. up to putty, Australian Slang. worthless or useless.

verb (used with object)

1. to secure, cover, etc., with putty.

Origin of putty

First recorded in 1625-35, putty is from the French word potée, literally, (something) potted. See pot¹, -ee

Examples for putty

David wants to win the family over, and everybody, except Anna, is putty in his hands.

Chips was there the whole afternoon on his knees, messing with putty and red-lead.

Now he can just charge out there and do more of this, and in no time the nation will be putty in our hands!

We must ruthlessly accommodate ourselves to a world that has shown, once again, that it is not putty in our hands.

While the putty is drying the spray-hood or turtle-deck can be made.

Be careful not to dig into a soft place in the compound with the putty knife.

They are putty in the hands of the fears and forces that beset them from without.

Know how and when to putty up nail holes and uneven surfaces.

When asked whether he was sexy she replies, "Everyone is putty around him… Look at him."

She went off to find some putty and joined Janet a few minutes later.