putting
See also: Putting
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
putting
- present participle of put
Noun
putting (countable and uncountable, plural puttings)
- (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.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ, page 353:
- The action or result of the verb put.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
putting
- (golf) present participle of putt
Noun
putting (usually uncountable, plural puttings)
- (golf) The action of the verb to putt.
- (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
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