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punt

UK/pʊnt/ US/pʊnt/ uncommon obsolete uk
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.

kick the ball

2.

propel with a pole

  • “pole barges on the river”
  • “We went punting in Cambridge”
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3.

place a bet on

  • “Which horse are you backing?”
  • “I”
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noun

1.

formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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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”
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Origin

From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.

Phrases

  • drop punt
  • punt into the long grass

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