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punt

1

[puhnt]

noun

  1. Football.a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.

  2. a small, shallow boat having a flat bottom and square ends, usually used for short outings on rivers or lakes and propelled by poling.

  3. Glassmaking.kick.

verb (used with object)

  1. Football.to kick (a dropped ball) before it touches the ground.

  2. to propel (a small boat) by thrusting against the bottom of a lake or stream, especially with a pole.

  3. to convey in or as if in a punt.

verb (used without object)

  1. to punt a football.

  2. to propel a boat by thrusting a pole against the bottom of a river, stream, or lake.

  3. to travel or have an outing in a punt.

  4. Informal.to equivocate or delay.

    If they ask you for exact sales figures, you'll have to punt.

punt

2

[puhnt]

verb (used without object)

  1. Cards.to lay a stake against the bank, as at faro.

  2. Slang.to gamble, especially to bet on horse races or other sporting events.

noun

  1. Cards.a person who lays a stake against the bank.

punt

3

[poont, puhnt]

noun

  1. a monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pence; Irish pound.

punt

4

[puhnt]

noun

  1. kick.

Punt

5

[poont]

noun

  1. an ancient Egyptian name of an area not absolutely identified but believed to be Somaliland.

punt

1

/ ʌԳ /

verb

  1. (intr) to gamble; bet

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noun

  1. a gamble or bet, esp against the bank, as in roulette, or on horses

  2. Also called: punter.a person who bets

  3. informalto have an attempt or try at (something)

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punt

2

/ ʌԳ /

noun

  1. a kick in certain sports, such as rugby, in which the ball is released and kicked before it hits the ground

  2. any long high kick

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verb

  1. to kick (a ball, etc) using a punt

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punt

3

/ ʌԳ /

noun

  1. an open flat-bottomed boat with square ends, propelled by a pole See quant 1

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verb

  1. to propel (a boat, esp a punt) by pushing with a pole on the bottom of a river, etc

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punt

4

/ ʊԳ /

noun

  1. (formerly) the Irish pound

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of punt1

First recorded before 1000; 1835–45 punt 1 for def. 1; Old English: “flat-bottomed boat” (not attested in Middle English ), from Latin DzԳō “pontoon, punt” ( pontoon 1 ); the sense “to kick a dropped ball” comes perhaps via the semse “to propel (a boat) by shoving”

Origin of punt2

First recorded in 1705–15; from French ponter, derivative of ponte “punter; point in faro,” from Spanish punto; point

Origin of punt3

First recorded in 1970–75; from Irish, from English pound 2

Origin of punt4

First recorded in 1820–25; probably shortening of punty ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of punt1

C18: from French ponter to punt, from ponte bet laid against the banker, from Spanish punto point, from Latin punctum

Origin of punt2

C19: perhaps a variant of English dialect bunt to push, perhaps a nasalized variant of butt ³

Origin of punt3

Old English punt shallow boat, from Latin DzԳō punt, pontoon 1

Origin of punt4

Irish Gaelic: pound
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By punting on the first and refraining from using any of his go-to relievers in a loss, Roberts ensured his team would be positioned to win the series finale.

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In recent years, the club has punted on plenty of games in the interest of protecting their often injury-riddled and shorthanded pitching staffs.

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He wanted to be collaborative, but he wanted to control every frame, and that was a source of tension we kept punting.

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He could have to punt on certain games.

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Teams start a possession at their 20-yard line — and when a team punts, there’s no kicking.

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