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Noun: Putin  poo-tin [N. Amer], pootn [Brit]
  1. Russian politician and former intelligence officer (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012 and from 2000-2008
    - Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Verb: put in
  1. Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
    - insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, introduce
     
  2. Keep or lay aside for future use
    "put in grain for the winter";
    - store, hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away
     
  3. Break into a conversation
    - chime in [informal], cut in, butt in, barge in [informal], break in, chip in [informal]
     
  4. Set up for use
    "We put in a new sink";
    - install, instal, set up
     
  5. Make an application as for a job or funding
    "We put in a grant to the NSF";
    - submit
     
  6. To insert between other elements
    "She put in clever remarks";
    - interject, come in, interpose, throw in, inject

Derived forms: putting in, puts in, put in

See also: hive

Type of: apply, break up, cut off, disrupt, hold on, interrupt, keep, lay, national leader, place, pose, position, put, set, statesman, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Putin, Vladimir