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English
Etymology 1
From put + -ing.
Pronunciation
- enPR: po͝ot'ĭng, IPA(key): /ˈpʊtɪŋ/,
- Hyphenation: put‧ting
Verb
putting
- present participle and gerund 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.
- The action or result of the verb put.
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Etymology 2
From putt + -ing.
Pronunciation
Verb
putting
- (golf) present participle and gerund 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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