putt(n = noun.act) putting - 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"
putt, v. & n. (also put)
--v.tr. (putted, putting) strike (a golf ball) gently to get it into or nearer to a hole on a putting-green.
--n. a putting stroke.
Idiom
putting-green (in golf) the smooth area of grass round a hole.