How to Use putter in a Sentence

putter

1 of 2 noun
Definition of putternext
  • Hiura pulled out the driver and put the putter back in the bag.
    — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Drop a new putter in the bag, change your swing, change your grip, change your stance.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • The two grips on Gingerich’s 39.5-inch putter were less than an inch apart.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 May 2022
  • The one worry with the four-time major winner is the putter.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Now she’s had some time to get a new putter in the bag and it’s slowly started to come around.
    — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Ryan Crouser is the best shot putter in the history of track and field.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
  • Smith used his magic touch with the putter to run it along with edge of the bunker onto the green and made the 10-footer for par.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chron, 18 July 2022
  • Lee Hodges played his second shot out of the sand on the par-3 15th with a putter, rolling it across the green and toward a hazard.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 28 Feb. 2022
  • But the man who prefers a rod and reel in his hands instead of a 9-iron unleashed the most powerful weapon of the day – his putter.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • Senior Nicholas Manley leads the Bees in the field as Ohio’s seventh-ranked shot putter.
    — cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • Thirty-one feet from the pin, McIlroy tapped the ball and then stood like a statue, his putter barely aloft as the ball broke to the left.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
  • On a roll: Course knowledge and a hot putter helped Pat Perez climb a few more rungs up the leaderboard on Friday.
    — Dallas News, 27 May 2022
  • One of the most notable changes Woods has made to his game is that he's switched to a longer putter, something that's taken the strain off his back.
    — Patrick Snell and Ben Morse, CNN, 7 Aug. 2020
  • As for the whereabouts of her original putter, Zhang has no idea.
    — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Ames bogeyed two of the last three holes on the front nine and then got a hot putter and shot 4-under 32 on the back to put himself in contention again.
    — Eric Olson, ajc, 11 July 2021
  • The 4x400 team joined shot putter and world record holder Ryan Crouser as the only male track and field gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The symphony of sounds — a roar, a purr, a putter — each engine creates.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Woods’s putter making contact with his golf ball could be heard in the quiet from 75 feet away.
    — Photographs By Doug Mills, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • When the driver complements the putter like that, in a place like that, results tend to follow.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Patrick Cantlay delivered the goods again, this time with a 6-iron instead of a putter.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Scheffler raised his putter when the ball was still several feet from the cup as there was never a doubt in his mind.
    — Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Crouser has separated himself from the the best shot putters in the world.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • While the chip was the TV moment, Rodgers’ early-season success has hinged on his putter.
    — Tim Schmitt, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2021
  • That’s not to say the golfers will be using driver/sand wedge (or driver/putter) on every hole.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Varner threw his putter down and pumped his arms to celebrate.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Putting is more difficult to predict, and a hot putter is needed this week to get to at least 18 under par.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The crowd went wild as the ball dropped in the hole, causing Curry to immediately throw his putter in the air and run over to Ayesha for a sweet embrace.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • But Cantlay’s accurate irons and hot putter moved him back on top.
    — Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Children need to bring their own clubs (iron, wedge, putter and driver) and water bottle.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Owner Steve Fox clearly spared no expense in letting his design team find some new ways to get a dimpled ball from putter to hole.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
Advertisement

putter

2 of 2 verb
  • Take some time to putter about the house and wrap up minor chores.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • No more interminable waits for a rental car bus to putter along; now there’s a train!
    — Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Aujla puttered in and out of the studio, smiling and not saying much.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Horses putter around in the gently rolling field behind the Perres’ small house.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Bricolage derives from the French verb bricoler, to putter about.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2012
  • That gives him more time to putter about and see what bird or butterfly grabs his attention.
    — Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The previous record was set 90 years ago — only about three decades after the first cars puttered through Yosemite Valley.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • But after 38 years, Bob sometimes misses having a basement with a workshop to putter around in.
    — Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021
  • These behemoths putter through Arctic waters at roughly 1 mile per hour, growing less than a pinky’s width per year.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2016
  • And kids who are allowed to putter around just a bit in childhood are more likely to become innovators and high achievers in adulthood.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Moon is settling down in your foundational 4th house, so you're allowed to putter about and tend to matters around your home rather than dealing with anything more serious.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Li and his parents putter around in this gap between languages, leaving readers with a small inventory of calques and loanwords.
    — Andrea Long Chu, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Today’s Bush is a cuddlier figure, who, we are told, likes to putter around his art studio, painting pictures of dogs and American flags.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • Instead of focusing on other people or starting major projects, take today to simply putter around the house and work on yourself.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The freshwater snail Sorbeoconcha physidae also relies on mucus, wrinkling its foot against the surface of the water to putter along.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • Some major drivers of higher prices, such as rents, energy, and used cars, have puttered out or started to reverse, causing sharp drops in overall inflation.
    — Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • At Snowmass, researchers discussed how best to search for such particles, which can putter around before decaying, leading to unusual-looking events that might have been overlooked in the past.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Take some time to putter about the house and wrap up minor chores.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • No more interminable waits for a rental car bus to putter along; now there’s a train!
    — Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Aujla puttered in and out of the studio, smiling and not saying much.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Horses putter around in the gently rolling field behind the Perres’ small house.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Bricolage derives from the French verb bricoler, to putter about.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2012
  • That gives him more time to putter about and see what bird or butterfly grabs his attention.
    — Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The previous record was set 90 years ago — only about three decades after the first cars puttered through Yosemite Valley.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • But after 38 years, Bob sometimes misses having a basement with a workshop to putter around in.
    — Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021
  • These behemoths putter through Arctic waters at roughly 1 mile per hour, growing less than a pinky’s width per year.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2016
  • And kids who are allowed to putter around just a bit in childhood are more likely to become innovators and high achievers in adulthood.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Moon is settling down in your foundational 4th house, so you're allowed to putter about and tend to matters around your home rather than dealing with anything more serious.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Li and his parents putter around in this gap between languages, leaving readers with a small inventory of calques and loanwords.
    — Andrea Long Chu, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Today’s Bush is a cuddlier figure, who, we are told, likes to putter around his art studio, painting pictures of dogs and American flags.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2022

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'putter.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: