"putt-putt" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Shortened form of Putt-Putt Golf, from the American company and recreational facility named Putt-Putt Fun Center. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} putt-putt (uncountable)
  1. (golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: crazy golf, miniature golf
    Sense id: en-putt-putt-en-noun-WbLoxu2B Categories (other): Golf, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 80 20 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: putt-putts [present, singular, third-person], putt-putting [participle, present], putt-putted [participle, past], putt-putted [past], put-put [alternative]
Etymology: Reduplication of putt. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|en|putt}} Reduplication of putt Head templates: {{en-verb}} putt-putt (third-person singular simple present putt-putts, present participle putt-putting, simple past and past participle putt-putted)
  1. Of a motorised vehicle, to move with a repeated emission of small explosive pops from the exhaust.
    Sense id: en-putt-putt-en-verb-bcPeVUiO Categories (other): English reduplications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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