Full Idea
"Meaning is use" is not a definition of meaning.
Gist of Idea
"Meaning is use" is not a definition of meaning
Source
Hilary Putnam (Representation and Reality [1988], §7 p.119)
Book Reference
Putnam,Hilary: 'Representation and Reality' [MIT 1992], p.119
A Reaction
I agree. It probably fails to define meaning because it is false. A corkscrew is not the action of opening a wine bottle.