putting

Meaning

present participle and gerund of put

Frequency

Hyphenated as

put‧ting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʊtɪŋ/

From put + -ing.

New

put

1. To place something somewhere.
2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
3. To exercise a put option.
4. To express something in a certain manner.
5. To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
6. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
7. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
8. To attach or attribute; to assign.
9. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
10. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
11. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
12. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

New

putt

The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.

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