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Punt is defined as to put an idea aside or to drop a football and kick it before it hits the ground.

(verb)

An example of to punt is to ignore a new advertising idea.
An example of to punt is for a football player to kick a ball by dropping it first.

The definition of a punt is a dropping of a ball to be kicked before it touches the ground.

(noun)

An example of a punt is a football player kicking the ball to his teammates.

See punt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Football a kick in which the ball is dropped and kicked before it hits the ground

Origin: < slang of Rugby School, England: ? form of dial. bunt, to strike, kick: see bunt

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to kick (a football) in this way

noun

a flat-bottomed boat with broad, square ends, usually pushed along by a long pole

Origin: OE < L ponto, punt (in LL, pontoon)

transitive verb

to propel (a boat) by pushing with a pole against the bottom of a shallow river or lake
to carry in a punt

intransitive verb

to go in a punt

intransitive verb

in certain card games, to bet against the banker
Brit. to gamble; bet

Origin: Fr ponter < ponte, point < Sp punto < L punctum, a point

noun

the former basic monetary unit of Ireland, superseded in 2002 by the euro

Origin: Ir

See punt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.

verb punt·ed, punt·ing, punts

verb, transitive

To propel (a boat) with a pole.
To carry in a punt.

verb, intransitive

To go in a punt.

Origin:

Origin: Probably Middle English *punt

Origin: , from Old English punt

Origin: , from Latin pontō, pontoon, flatbottom boat

Origin: , from pōns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

puntˈer noun

noun

A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.

verb punt·ed, punt·ing, punts

verb, transitive

To propel (a ball) by means of a punt.

verb, intransitive

To execute a punt.
Informal To cease doing something; give up: Let's punt on this and try something else.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from dialectal punt, to strike, push

Origin: , perhaps alteration of bunt

Related Forms:

puntˈer noun

intransitive verb punt·ed, punt·ing, punts

Games To lay a bet against the bank, as in roulette.
Chiefly British Slang To gamble.

Origin:

Origin: French ponter

Origin: , from obsolete pont

Origin: , past participle of pondre, to put (obsolete), to lay an egg

Origin: , from Old French, to lay an egg

Origin: , from Latin pōnere; see apo- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

puntˈer noun

noun

The indentation in the bottom of a champagne or wine bottle.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from punty, iron rod used in glass blowing

Origin: , probably from French pontil

Origin: , from pointe, point

Origin: , from Old French; see point

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