Word.ws English Dictionary

putting on the block

putting on the block is the present participle and gerund of put on the block.

Meaning of put on the block

Verb

put on the block (third-person singular simple present puts on the block, present participle putting on the block, simple past and past participle put on the block)

  1. (slang) To sell something.
  2. (euphemistic) To execute by beheading.

Questions about putting on the block

What is putting on the block the present participle and gerund of?
Putting on the block is the present participle and gerund of put on the block.

Words near putting on the block in the dictionary

  1. putting on airs
  2. putting on frills
  3. putting on one's dancing shoes
  4. putting on one's own oxygen mask first
  5. putting on one's oxygen mask first
  6. putting on the block
  7. putting on the dog
  8. putting on the kibosh
  9. putting on the map
  10. putting on the pounds
  11. putting on the red light

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: putting on the block (page history and authors); put on the block (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “putting on the block.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/putting_on_the_block. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.