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Narrator: Today's word is "Putt" — verb, pronounced /pʌt/, with the stress on "putt".
Narrator: To putt is to hit a golf ball gently so that it rolls across the green into the hole.
Narrator: In plain English, it is the soft final golf shot.
Narrator: It is a Scottish form of put, meaning push or place.
Narrator: A common collocation is "sink a putt", which describes getting the ball in the hole.
Narrator: It differs from "drive", because a drive is a long, powerful shot, while a putt is short and delicate.
Narrator: In a second sense, "crazy golf" or mini golf is sometimes called putting.
Narrator: Golf, sports broadcasting and leisure all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: you drive for show, but putt for dough.
Speaker A: How did she win the tournament?
Speaker B: A long PUTT on the last hole! It's a Scottish form of put.
Speaker A: From how far?
Speaker B: Nearly twenty feet.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "He missed a short putt", a golfing groan. "She putted for birdie", a commentary line. "Let's go putting on the seafront", a holiday plan.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with double "t", and say "putt" to rhyme with "but", not like "put".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Tap is its cousin, stroke its twin, and chip an alternative — yet putt keeps its gentle charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "putt" in AI prompts — useful for sports apps and game physics.
Speaker A: How for sports apps?
Speaker B: Analyse stats.
Prompt: Summarise this golfer’s putting stats and suggest one area to practise.
Speaker A: And game physics?
Speaker B: Simulate rolls.
Prompt: Write code that simulates a golf putt with friction and slope on a green.
Speaker A: Could it help coaching?
Speaker B: Yes, for drills.
Prompt: Give three putting drills a beginner can practise at home.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: A commentary bot.
Prompt: Write a one-line excited commentary for a winning putt on the eighteenth hole.
Putt — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary