putting (root: put)

Verb (usu participle)

put=ting

WORDNET DICTIONARY

putting(n = noun.act) putt - 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"

is a kind of golf shot, golf stroke, swing

Derived forms verb putt₁, verb putt₂

putting, n.

The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game. [1913 Webster]

Putting stone, a heavy stone used in the game of putting.