Definition of "putting"

putting¹

/ˈpʊtɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of put
noun
countable and uncountable, plural puttings
1. (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
  Quotations
  ...and then if there be a putting in fear alſo, the clergy is ouſted in all the caſes mentiond in this ſtatute.
  1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ, page 353
2. The action or result of the verb put.

putting²

/ˈpʌtɪŋ/

verb
1. (golf) present participle and gerund of putt
noun
usually uncountable, plural puttings
1. (golf) The action of the verb to putt.
2. (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.