putting
English
Etymology 1
put + -ing
Pronunciation
- enPR: po͝ot'ĭng, IPA(key): /ˈpʊtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰʊtɪŋ]
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈpʰʊɾɪŋ]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: pudding
- Hyphenation: put‧ting
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
putt + -ing
Pronunciation
- enPR: pŭt'ĭng, IPA(key): /ˈpʌtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰʌtɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: putt‧ing
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.
Derived terms
- putting green
See also
- crazy golf