putting
Pronunciation
  • enPR: po͝ot'ĭng, IPA: /ˈpʊtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰʊtɪŋ]
    • (GA) IPA: [ˈpʰʊɾɪŋ]
Verb
  1. present participle of put#English|put
Noun

putting

  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.
Pronunciation
  • enPR: pŭt'ĭng, IPA: /ˈpʌtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰʌtɪŋ]
Verb
  1. (golf) present participle of putt#English|putt
Noun

putting (uncountable)

  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.



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