putting

English

Etymology 1

See put

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝ot'ĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈpʰʊtɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: put‧ting

Verb

putting

1. present participle of put

Noun

putting ‎(countable and uncountable, plural puttings)

1. (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
   • 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ, page 353:

     ...and then if there be a putting in fear alſo, the clergy is ouſted in all the caſes mentiond in this ſtatute.

2. The action or result of the verb put.

Etymology 2

See putt

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭt'ĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈpʰʌtɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: putt‧ing

Verb

putting

1. (golf) present participle of putt

Noun

putting ‎(usually uncountable, plural puttings)

1. (golf) The action of the verb to putt.
2. (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.

Derived terms

• putting green

See also

• crazy golf