different between putty vs cutty

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): /?p?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

putty (countable and uncountable, plural putties)

1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
2. Any of a range of similar substances.
   1. An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
   2. A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
3. (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

Derived terms

• putty in someone's hands

Translations

Adjective

putty (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To fix or fill using putty.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

1. (pronunciation spelling) pretty; purdy

Etymology 3

Noun

putty (plural putties)

1. Alternative form of puttee

English

Alternative forms

• cuttie

Etymology

cut +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
2. (of audio or video) Having many cuts.
3. Sharp, cutting easily.

Derived terms

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (Scotland) A short spoon.
2. (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
3. (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
4. (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.

See also

• cutty grass

References

• John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [1]

Scots

Etymology

From cut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t?/, /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)

1. short, stumpy

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (archaic) child