Search results for 'put':

put a lid on it (interjection) : Meaning to put an end to something.

The kids were fighting in the backseat and my Mom said, "Alright, put a lid on it."

Submitted by: Go Ask Alice! from Pennsylvania on Feb. 12, 2008 11:07

put on blast (verb) : to broadcast information that is told in confidence and usually of a personal nature

I cannot believe you put on blast that story I told you and I am so embarrassed because everyone knows about it!

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on Sep. 06, 2007 12:08

put the oprah (verb) : to endorse, guaranteeing success

At the 2006 Video Music Awards, Paris Hilton put the oprah on the All-American Rejects lead singer.

Submitted by: Carolyn Vance from Florida on Sep. 01, 2006 14:28

PUTER

(noun) : abreviated, or slang word for computer

I need a new puter for my office.

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jan. 18, 2008 10:05

(noun) : NICKNAME FOR THE COMPUTER: IT IS THE BRAND NEW WAY OF WRITING. THIS NEW AND 20TH CENTURY WORD NEEDS TO BE IN THE DICTIONARY FOR SPELL CHECK ESPECIALLY. IT IS THE COMPUTER. THE MACHINE WHICH IS MAKING THE PAPER DICTIONARY NULL AND VOID. AND IT WILL ALSO HELP SAVE ALOT OF DUSTING IF YOU JUST BOX UP THE BOOKS, AND SIT AT THE PUTER.

I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE MERRIAM DICTIONARY ON MY PUTER FOR AN ARTICLE THAT HAS ALOT OF DIFFICULT WORDS TO SPELL. —STEPH CARISHMA, WEBSITE, 12-15-05

Submitted by: PAM MCKAIG from Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2005 01:29

Putinize (verb) : to assert strong nationalistic political power

Submitted by: VIcken Adjoyan from California on Sep. 05, 2008 19:34

puttle (noun) : (1) Heavy object used to beat dough in making beaten biscuits, more like a stick or club. (2) A wooden shaping tool used in smoothing lead fillers in repairing automobile dents.

Use a puttle to beat the dough on a heavy surface for at least a hundred times, turning the dough each time until the dough starts to blister. —Probably archaic due to usage

Submitted by: Chuck McKinney from South Carolina on Oct. 14, 2007 12:04

putupablewith (adjective) : Term used to describe something which one is able to sustain or endure while being neither good nor bad.

John, after returning from his blind date, commented that his date had a great personality and her looks were putupablewith. —David Nill, Me, Nov. 7, 2005

Submitted by: Dave from Virginia on Nov. 07, 2005 12:36

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