Dictionary Definition
punt
Noun
1 formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland;
equal to 100 pence [syn: Irish pound,
Irish
punt, pound]
2 an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow
waters and propelled by a long pole
3 (football) a kick in which the football is
dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground;
"the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the
game" [syn: punting]
Verb
1 kick the ball
2 propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river";
"We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: pole]
3 place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?";
"I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pʌnt/
- Rhymes: -ʌnt
Etymology 1
From ponto ‘Gaulish flat-bottomed boat’.Noun
- : A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
Translations
a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole
- Finnish: jokivene
Etymology 2
Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt.Verb
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground.
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- To retreat from ones objective.
Noun
- A drop-kick.
Translations
a drop-kick
- Finnish: lentopotku
Noun
- A point in the game of faro.
- A bet or wager.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- (glassblowing): A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
Translations
A point in the game of faro
A bet or wager
- Finnish: veto
An indentation in the base of a wine bottle
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
- lang=ga|[pˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠ]
Etymology
Latin pons. Compare Catalan pont, French pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente.Noun
puntSlovene
Noun
puntExtensive Definition
Punt can mean the following:
- A type of boat
- Punt (boat), a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow developed on the River Thames
- Norfolk Punt, a type of racing dinghy developed in Norfolk
- Cable ferry, known as a punt in Australian English
- Punt (football), a way of kicking a ball
- Land of Punt, a fabled site in eastern Africa that was the source of many exotic products
- Punt, the indentation on the bottom of a wine bottle
- the Irish word for pound, specifically the Irish pound
- El Punt, a Catalan newspaper
People
- Jos Punt (1946– ), a Dutch bishop
- Steve Punt (1962– ), a British comedian, of Punt and Dennis
punt in German: Punt
punt in Italian: Punt
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ante,
ante up, back, bet, bet on, boot, calcitration, call, catch a crab, cover, cut a crab, drop kick,
fade, feather, feather an oar,
gamble, give way,
hazard, kick, kicking, knee, lay, lay a wager, lay down, make a
bet, meet a bet, pace,
paddle, parlay, pass, place kick, play against,
plunge, ply the oar,
pull, row, row away, row dry, scull, see, ship oars, shoot, sky an oar, speculate, stake, stand pat, wager