From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Low German paten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”)
c. 1900, Universal Cyclopaedia Entry for Stock-Exchange
A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.
He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
(countable, uncountable) The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
The Stag's was a Forc'd put, and a Chance rather than a Choice. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
the put of a ball
(uncountable) An old card game.
Among the in-door amusements of the costermonger is card-playing, at which many of them are adepts. The usual games are all-fours, all-fives, cribbage, and put. 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor:
pl opcja sprzedaży (finance: contract to sell a security at a set price) · cmn 認沽期權 /认沽期权 (finance: contract to sell a security at a set price) · de Put (finance: contract to sell a security at a set price)
From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Low German paten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).
Meanings
To physically place (sth or sb swh).
She put her books on the table.
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
They put the new motorway right through the national park.
The police put him in a cell.
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
What answer did you put for question 3?
Don't put the blame on me.
The government put restrictions on vehicle imports.
That seems like a bad idea put against the restrictions we're working under.
I put £100 on the winning horse.
to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
Theſe Verſes Originally Greek, were put in Latin, 1670, John Milton, “The [First] Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 11:
He is putting all his energy into this one task.
She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
Put your house in order!
put to bed; put to shame; put to death; put into practice; put one's mind to it
Put the following sentences into the past tense.
The doctor's put me on a strict diet.
To express (something in a certain manner).
To put it simply, we can't afford it.
When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
To put it bluntly, he's an idiot.
All this is ingeniously and ably put. 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
The exact question being put to voters for a yes or no answer is: “Should Iceland reopen accession negotiations with the European Union?” 2026 August 18, Tiago Ventura, “Iceland’s E.U. Referendum, Explained”, in TIME:
Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back. When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
to put a question; to put a case
Put the perceptions and you put the mind. 1708-1710, George Berkeley, Philosophical Commentaries or Common-Place Book:
I put it to you, Sir, that you are a thief and a liar.
To set as a calculation or estimate.
They have put the cost of repairs at around £10 million.
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
to put to sea
To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.
He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
(especially) To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.)
He put the shot out beyond the 20-metre mark.
To play a card or a hand in the game called “put”.
(obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends. c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume IV, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, John 15:13, page 280:
(obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
Put me not to use the carnal weapon in my own defence. 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
These wretches put us upon all mischief. 1722, Jonathan Swift, The Last Speech of Ebenezer Elliston:
Thank him who puts me loath to this revenge 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 386:
To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
ta வை (to place something somewhere) · km ដាក់ (to place something somewhere) · sh kazati (to express something in a certain manner) · mk стави (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · fi laittaa (to place something somewhere) · tet tau (to place something somewhere) · bxd ta̠³⁵ (to place something somewhere) · ka დადება (to place something somewhere) · ceb i-butang (to place something somewhere) · hu helyez (to place something somewhere) · pt botar (to place something somewhere) · dlm metar (to place something somewhere) · mk доведе (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · ko 놓다 (to place something somewhere) · uz qoʻymoq (to place something somewhere) · grc τίθημι (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · de bringen (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · it porre (to place something somewhere) · eu ipini (to place something somewhere) · sl staviti (to place something somewhere) · my တင် (to place something somewhere) · tk goýmak (to place something somewhere) · nb stille (to place something somewhere) · fr mettre (to express something in a certain manner) · ar وَضَعَ (to place something somewhere) · kmr danîn (to place something somewhere) · fi esittää (to express something in a certain manner) · nb plassere (to place something somewhere) · da bringe (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · uk поста́вити (to place something somewhere) · lt padėti (to place something somewhere) · sh postaviti (to express something in a certain manner) · gug moĩ (to place something somewhere) · tg мондан (to place something somewhere) · vi đặt (to place something somewhere) · nn stilla (to place something somewhere) · cs vrhnout (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · el ρίχνω (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · ba ҡуйыу (to place something somewhere) · uk кла́сти (to place something somewhere) · mk стави (to place something somewhere) · pl umieścić (to place something somewhere) · ang settan (to place something somewhere) · cs dát (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · mk поставува (to express something in a certain manner) · nl doen (to place something somewhere) · gun moĩ (to place something somewhere) · kk орналастыру (to place something somewhere) · xbr tú (to place something somewhere) · kw gorra (to place something somewhere) · mt poġġa (to place something somewhere) · rsk класц (to place something somewhere) · fi panna (to place something somewhere) · rgn mètar (to place something somewhere) · as বহা (to place something somewhere) · ga cuir (to place something somewhere) · es sestar (to place something somewhere) · mn тавих (to place something somewhere) · ba һалыу (to place something somewhere) · nn plassere (to place something somewhere) · sv stöta (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · ru положи́ть (to place something somewhere) · cs postavit (to express something in a certain manner) · ta போடு (to place something somewhere) · tr koymak (to place something somewhere) · is láta (to place something somewhere) · rm meter (to place something somewhere) · es poner (to place something somewhere) · pt deixar (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · nn leggja (to place something somewhere) · txb tā- (to place something somewhere) · bo འཇོག (to place something somewhere) · an meter (to place something somewhere) · dlm miater (to place something somewhere) · fi panna (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · fr poser (to place something somewhere) · sco pit (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · uga 𐎌𐎚 (to place something somewhere) · lo ວາງ (to place something somewhere) · fur meti (to place something somewhere) · ml ഇടുക (to place something somewhere) · ang dōn (to place something somewhere) · ms letak (to place something somewhere) · sv sätta (to place something somewhere) · nl brengen (to express something in a certain manner) · ru ста́вить (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · ru поста́вить (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · kum салмакъ (to place something somewhere) · tg гузоштан (to place something somewhere) · bg сла́гам (to place something somewhere) · id taruh (to place something somewhere) · grc τίθημι (to place something somewhere) · ht mete (to place something somewhere) · nap mette (to place something somewhere) · arz حط (to place something somewhere) · hu tesz (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · gd cuir (to express something in a certain manner) · be пакла́сці (to place something somewhere) · da placere (to place something somewhere) · el θέτω (to express something in a certain manner) · hu hoz (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · scn mintiri (to place something somewhere) · hu tesz (to place something somewhere) · wa mete (to place something somewhere) · sw kuweka (to place something somewhere) · nl leggen (to place something somewhere) · izh laittaa (to place something somewhere) · war ig-butang (to place something somewhere) · da lægge (to place something somewhere) · da formulere (to express something in a certain manner) · hu rak (to place something somewhere) · ru класть (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · it porre (to express something in a certain manner) · tt куярга (to place something somewhere) · ca ficar (to place something somewhere) · el βάζω (to place something somewhere) · sh ста̏вити (to place something somewhere) · lv nolikt (to place something somewhere) · mn ᠲᠠᠯᠪᠢᠬᠤ (to place something somewhere) · pl jebnąć (to place something somewhere) · cs umístit (to place something somewhere) · rsk положиц (to place something somewhere) · scn mèntiri (to place something somewhere) · ps اچول (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · fa-ira گُذاشْتَن (to place something somewhere) · sh stȁviti (to place something somewhere) · qu churay (to place something somewhere) · sv ställa (to place something somewhere) · oc metre (to place something somewhere) · nb sette (to place something somewhere) · ky койуу (to place something somewhere) · evn или- (to place something somewhere) · be ста́віць (to place something somewhere) · nl plaatsen (to place something somewhere) · ang stellan (to place something somewhere) · alt койор (to place something somewhere) · mk искажува (to express something in a certain manner) · la pōnō (to place something somewhere) · vec méter (to place something somewhere) · hu rak (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · mi panga (to place something somewhere) · ru положи́ть (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · eo meti (to place something somewhere) · scn mèttiri (to place something somewhere) · yi שטעלן (to place something somewhere) · et panema (to place something somewhere) · ps اچول (to place something somewhere) · ro pune (to place something somewhere) · acw حط (to place something somewhere) · dsb stajaś (to place something somewhere) · lt įdėti (to place something somewhere) · cmn 放 (to place something somewhere) · war i-butang (to place something somewhere) · pt pôr (to express something in a certain manner) · mk доведува (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · sc míntiri (to place something somewhere) · vec métare (to place something somewhere) · fa-ira مانْدَن (to place something somewhere) · et asetama (to place something somewhere) · om kaa'uu (to place something somewhere) · mk става (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · uk ста́вити (to place something somewhere) · scn mittiri (to place something somewhere) · sv lägga (to place something somewhere) · ug قويماق (to place something somewhere) · fi työntää (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · gd cuir (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · ky салуу (to place something somewhere) · ko 두다 (to place something somewhere) · yi אַוועקזעצן (to place something somewhere) · lmo met (to place something somewhere) · vec meter (to place something somewhere) · ko 놓다 (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · fi asettaa (to place something somewhere) · sv he (to place something somewhere) · nn setja (to place something somewhere) · yi לייגן (to place something somewhere) · yai мунак (to place something somewhere) · sc míntere (to place something somewhere) · eve нэ- (to place something somewhere) · lmo mètt (to place something somewhere) · de tun (to place something somewhere) · is setja (to place something somewhere) · lld meter (to place something somewhere) · my ထား (to place something somewhere) · de setzen (to place something somewhere) · lt dėti (to place something somewhere) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to place something somewhere) · sk položiť (to place something somewhere) · ko 두다 (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · lb setzen (to place something somewhere) · nb ordlegge (to express something in a certain manner) · it mettere (to express something in a certain manner) · ce дила (to place something somewhere) · he שָׂם (to place something somewhere) · ta இடு (to place something somewhere) · pl kłaść (to place something somewhere) · el θέτω (to place something somewhere) · de kugelstoßen (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · ia poner (to place something somewhere) · sga fo·ceird (to place something somewhere) · pl stawiać (to place something somewhere) · sh metnuti (to place something somewhere) · ary حط (to place something somewhere) · ja 据える (to place something somewhere) · az qoymaq (to place something somewhere) · mfe mete (to place something somewhere) · izh asettaa (to place something somewhere) · inh дила (to place something somewhere) · nl stellen (to place something somewhere) · sh staviti (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · sa दधाति (to place something somewhere) · kk қою (to place something somewhere) · gv cur (to place something somewhere) · dsb póraś (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · ota قویمق (to place something somewhere) · be паста́віць (to place something somewhere) · njo-jgl ayu (to place something somewhere) · ru класть (to place something somewhere) · yi אַוועקלייגן (to place something somewhere) · tpi putim (to place something somewhere) · wa bouter (to place something somewhere) · uk покла́сти (to place something somewhere) · cmn 放置 (to place something somewhere) · da sætte (to place something somewhere) · sk dať (to place something somewhere) · rm metter (to place something somewhere) · sco pit (to place something somewhere) · id letak (to place something somewhere) · ang leċġan (to place something somewhere) · izh panna (to place something somewhere) · he שָׂם (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · pl postawić (to place something somewhere) · sco pit (to express something in a certain manner) · la locō (to place something somewhere) · nb legge (to place something somewhere) · de stellen (to place something somewhere) · fi käyttää put-optio (finance: to exercise a put option) · ist meti (to place something somewhere) · evn нэ- (to place something somewhere) · bg поста́вям (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · de legen (to place something somewhere) · vi để (to place something somewhere) · lv likt (to place something somewhere) · ca posar (to place something somewhere) · it mettere (to place something somewhere) · nrf mettre (to place something somewhere) · ca metre (to place something somewhere) · sh dovesti (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · pt pôr (to place something somewhere) · oc pausar (to place something somewhere) · kk салу (to place something somewhere) · sv placera (to place something somewhere) · pdt stalen (to place something somewhere) · ja 置く (to place something somewhere) · sq lë (to place something somewhere) · as থ (to place something somewhere) · ko 나타내다 (to express something in a certain manner) · gld нэ- (to place something somewhere) · nl stellen (to express something in a certain manner) · da stille (to place something somewhere) · th วาง (to place something somewhere) · izh issuttaa (to place something somewhere) · ru поста́вить (to place something somewhere) · izh löövvä (to place something somewhere) · vec métar (to place something somewhere) · pt colocar (to place something somewhere) · nl zetten (to place something somewhere) · bg сло́жа (to place something somewhere) · ar حَطَّ (to place something somewhere) · cmn 置 (to place something somewhere) · fr mettre (to place something somewhere) · pl pierdolnąć (to place something somewhere) · oc ficar (to place something somewhere) · hy դնել (to place something somewhere) · gl pór (to place something somewhere) · kn ಇಡು (to place something somewhere) · gd tilg (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · cs dát (to place something somewhere) · ajp حط (to place something somewhere) · es colocar (to place something somewhere) · bg тла́скам (athletics: to throw an iron ball) · cy gosod (to place something somewhere) · gd cuir (to place something somewhere) · fr placer (to place something somewhere) · gl poñer (to place something somewhere) · dsb stajiś (to place something somewhere) · bg поста́вя (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) · ur رَکْھنا (to place something somewhere) · oc botar (to place something somewhere) · ru ста́вить (to place something somewhere) · acw يحُط (to place something somewhere) · eu ezarri (to place something somewhere) · mi whakatakoto (to place something somewhere) · hi रखना (to place something somewhere) · be кла́сці (to place something somewhere) · mk става (to place something somewhere) · tl ilagay (to place something somewhere) · cy dodi (to place something somewhere) · syl ꠕꠃꠣ (to place something somewhere)
put en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/pʌt/
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt, itself possibly borrowed from English butt (“stub, thicker end”).
Meanings
(obsolete) A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.
Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign,
And of lost hospitality complain. 1733, James Bramston, The Man of Taste:
The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me. 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 244:
Any number of varlet to be had for a few ducats and what droll puts the citizens seem in it all! 1870, Frederic Harrison, “The Romance of the Peerage: Lothair,”, in Fortnightly Review:
The Captain has a hearty contempt for his father, I can see, and calls him an old put, an old snob, an old chaw-bacon, and numberless other pretty names. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
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put en · NOUN · etymology 3
Etymology
From Old French pute.
Meanings
(obsolete) A prostitute.
And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC: