putting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of put
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of putt

noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Instigation 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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The action or result of the verb put.
3. (uncountable, usually)The action of the verb to putt.
4. (uncountable, usually)A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.