PUT-PUT (put-putted, put-putting)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: put-putted    , put-putting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does put-put mean? 

• PUT-PUT (noun)
  The noun PUT-PUT has 1 sense:

1. a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)

  Familiarity information: PUT-PUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT-PUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("put-put" is a kind of...):

gasoline engine; petrol engine (an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)