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putter

[puht-er] / ˈpʌt ər /


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The top-ranked pairing continued to labour however, with a frustrated England star Hull struggling with her putter, as the US pair of Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee secured a 1-up victory.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

“When I’m working, I just don’t cook at all basically, and then when I get time off I like to putter around in the kitchen. I’m not very good, but I like to do it.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

And as Rai’s putter heated up, including with a 68-footer for birdie on No. 17, he built a three-stroke margin of victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

I think I’m just a serial putterer, in that I putter around and I don’t know what I’m doing a lot of the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

"That was his cousin. I knew his whole family history before he left. He gave me an aluminum putter that I use today."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The occasion often feels tacked-on amid the barbecues and the shiny putters trotted out like obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

So it makes sense that, despite all their girth and grunting, shot putters tend to be science geeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

Chips from tight links turf required absolute precision, often putters were the correct option.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

She switched putters this week and it clicked in the second round.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

He reached under the counter to get two putters.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

After grabbing items for dinner at a Trader Joe’s, I puttered home along a main drag with a 35 mph limit, fully pressing the pedal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

In fact, I was gulping some of the Sailing Goat’s excellent clam chowder when my innkeepers’ 22-foot boat puttered up to the dock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

But that was the scene I happened upon at 6:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in mid-April when I puttered into my driveway in Eugene, Oregon, my 7-year-old ensconced in the back seat.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022

Granddaddy hummed Vivaldi and puttered nearby with his straining net.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

During communist days, chronic shortages and years-long waiting lists for cars like the puttering Trabant meant that mopeds and motorcycles became an indispensable way to get around.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Shahed drones have been dubbed "flying mopeds" by Ukrainians because of their puttering engines.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

I guess a photo of her puttering around the garden or waving from a window might make some people feel better, but why on earth should she be expected to do that?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Mama Ya-Ya is puttering, taking her nightgown out the drawer and laying her glasses on the nightstand.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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