punt
noun
[ pʌnt ]
• a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation.
punt
verb
• travel in a punt.
• "in summer you can enjoy punting along the river"
Origin:
Old English, from Latin ponto, denoting a flat-bottomed ferry boat; readopted in the early 16th century from Middle Low German punte or Middle Dutch ponte ‘ferry boat’, of the same origin.
punt
verb
• kick (the ball) a long distance upfield.
• "the Leeds player kindly punted the ball back to them"
• kick (the ball) after it has dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground.
• "he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone"
• delay in answering or taking action; equivocate.
• "he would continue to punt on questions of Medicare"
punt
noun
• an act of punting a ball.
• "Wood failed to cut out a long punt from Nicholas"
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from dialect punt ‘push forcibly’. Compare with bunt1.
punt
verb
• (in some gambling card games) lay a stake against the bank.
punt
noun
• a bet.
• "those taking a punt on the company's success"
Origin:
early 18th century: from French ponte ‘player against the bank’, from Spanish punto ‘a point’.
punt
noun
• (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland, equal to 100 pence.
Origin:
Irish, literally ‘pound’.
