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Definition of Putting

1. Noun. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter. "His putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"

Definition of Putting

1. n. The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.

Definition of Putting

1. Verb. (present participle of put) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to put''. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of putt) ¹

4. Noun. The action of the verb '''to putt'''. ¹

5. Noun. (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Putting

1. put [v] - See also: put

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putting

Literary usage of Putting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and, putting me to a full ftop, made me a very low bow: I moft heartily thank GOD, and you, Sir, fays he, for giving me fo evident a call to fo ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... looks around at him when he says "wife" — credulously — she fears her husband is a bit of a humbug. She is putting on the gloves during this speech. ..."

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