1. putty - Noun
2. putty - Adjective
3. putty - Verb
A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.
To cement, or stop, with putty.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThey were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them. Kim Stanley Robinson
Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands. Douglas Sirk
But of course there's no logic to San Francisco generally, a city built with putty and pipe cleaners, rubber cement and colored construction paper. It's the work of fairies, elves, happy children with new crayons. Dave Eggers
Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you. Billy Mays
I think that, like in my writing, reality is always a soap bubble, Silly Putty thing anyway. Philip K. Dick
People without memory are putty. Naomi Klein