putting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of put

plural puttings

1. countableobsoleteuncountableInstigation or incitement; enticement.

   ...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

2. countableuncountableThe action or result of the verb put.

1. gerundparticiplepresentgolfpresent participle and gerund of putt

plural puttings

1. uncountableusuallygolfThe action of the verb to putt.
2. uncountableusuallygolfA variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.