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Noun: putting  pú-ting
  1. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
    - putt
Verb: put (put,putting)  pût
  1. Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
    "Put your things here";
    - set, place, pose, position, lay
  3. Formulate in a particular style or language
    "I wouldn't put it that way";
    - frame, redact, cast, couch
  4. Attribute or give
    - assign
  5. Make an investment
    "Put money into bonds";
    - invest, commit, place
  6. Estimate
    - place, set
  7. Cause (someone) to undergo something
    "He put her to the torture"
  8. (music) adapt
    "put these words to music"
  9. Organize thoughts, ideas, or temporal events
    "I put these memories with those of bygone times";
    - arrange, set up, order

Derived forms: puttings


Type of: alter, apply, approximate, arrange, articulate, change, displace, drop, employ, estimate, expend, formulate, gauge, give voice, golf shot, golf stroke, guess, judge, modify, move, organise [Brit], organize, phrase, set, spend, subject, swing, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, word

Encyclopedia: Putting