PUTTING

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does putting mean? 

• PUTTING (noun)
  The noun PUTTING has 1 sense:

1. hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

  Familiarity information: PUTTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

putt; putting

Context example:

his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet

Hypernyms ("putting" is a kind of...):

golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Derivation:

putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter)

putt (hit a putt)

 Context examples 

“Keep that,” said Holmes, quietly putting his foot upon it; “you will find it useful at the trial. But this is what we really wanted.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I too have seen the need of putting down at present everything, however trivial; but there is little in this except what is personal.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Very well," she answered, and putting on the Golden Cap she uttered the magic words.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"She had a fall," said Bessie, again putting in her word.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Avoid putting the baby to bed with a bottle and check teeth regularly for spots or stains.

(Child Dental Health, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

“Thank you. That is quite settled,” said he, rising and putting his lens in his pocket.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A method of putting fluids, including drugs, into the bloodstream.

(Infusion, NCI Dictionary)

Not putting an end to doubt or question; leading to no final results or outcome.

(Inconclusive, NCI Thesaurus)

A system for classifying things into groups or the activity of putting things together in groups.

(Grouping, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of putting on clothes.

(Dressing, NCI Thesaurus)