putting
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,146 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,160 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter also: putt his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet
putting in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Is there not some method of winding up Companies, or putting them into liquidation, or appointing receivers?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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This, of course, is putting into words the vague speculations and reasonings of a boy not yet fourteen.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Anderson was between them, putting out a quick hand; the boy hardly saw her as he took it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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These moments Phanes made use of for putting various questions on important points to the nobles who were present.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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His clothes were torn off piecemeal and scattered in the crowd, people catching the shreds and putting them away as mementos.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1