putty

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʌti/
Rhymes: -ʌti

Noun

putty (countable and uncountable, plural putties)

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
Any of a range of similar substances.
(golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

Derived terms

putty in someone's hands

Translations

a form of cement

Catalan: massilla (ca) f
Czech: kyt (cs) m
Estonian: kitt
Finnish: kitti (fi)
French: mastic (fr) m
Georgian: წებო (c̣ebo)
German: Kitt (de) m, Fensterkitt m
Hungarian: (as used by glaziers) gitt (hu), (as used by plasterers/decorators) glett, kitt, (rare) tapasz (hu)
Indonesian: dempul (id)
Italian: stucco (it) m
Japanese: パテ (ja) (pate)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kitt n
Nynorsk: kitt n

Persian: زاماسکه‎ (fa) (zâmâske)
Polish: kit (pl) m
Portuguese: massa (pt), massa de vidraceiro f
Russian: зама́зка (ru) f (zamázka), шпатлёвка (ru) f (špatljóvka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гит m, гит m
Roman: kit (sh) m, git (sh) m
Spanish: masilla
Swedish: kitt n
Volapük: färmedastöf

any of a range of similar substances

Catalan: màstic m

Finnish: silote

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French: ^{(please verify)} mastic (fr)

Adjective

putty (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Verb

putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)

(transitive) To fix or fill using putty.

Translations

to fix something using putty

Catalan: massillar (ca)
Finnish: kitata (fi)

French: mastiquer (fr)
Hungarian: betapaszt, betöm (hu), (as used by glaziers) gittel, begittel, (as used by plasterers/decorators) glettel (hu)

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

(eye dialect) pretty; purdy

Noun

putty (plural putties)

Alternative form of puttee