Definitions for putting
putting

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. putt, puttingnoun

   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"

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Putting

   of Put

2. Puttingnoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Golf Stroke

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'putting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1646

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'putting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #568

How to pronounce putting?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of putting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of putting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of putting in a Sentence

1. Ian Poulter:

   That's generally the distance you hit it to when you are playing well. It's an amazing percentage of putts that he holes and we all want that sort of putting stroke, he holed a 50-footer at the 16th in the final round of the Open and then bogeyed the 17th after missing from seven feet. He was one shot away from the playoff and that's what happens when you play well and putt well.

2. President Obama on Saturday:

   This shouldn't lead to careless suggestions about scrapping an international treaty we spent years putting together.

3. Doug Terry:

   We believe this case pulled the curtain back on what goes on at a health insurance company when claims are being denied, the jury's verdict delivered the message that the public will not stand for insurance companies putting profits before policyholders.

4. Jeremy Goldkorn:

   They are now putting these measures in place to make sure it doesn't become an ideological threat, this helps them better micromanage the content and frighten Internet companies into complying with regulations.

5. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström:

   A more market-oriented economy is essential, what we have not seen yet is much focus towards putting those ideas into practice.

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