Definitions from Wiktionary (Punt)
▸ noun: (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
▸ verb: (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
▸ verb: Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
▸ verb: To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
▸ verb: (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
▸ verb: (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
▸ verb: (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
▸ verb: To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
▸ verb: (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
▸ verb: (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
▸ noun: (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
▸ noun: A point in the game of faro.
▸ noun: The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
▸ noun: A bet or wager.
▸ noun: (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
▸ noun: A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
▸ noun: A wild guess.
▸ noun: An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
▸ noun: (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
▸ verb: To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
▸ verb: (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
▸ verb: (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
▸ noun: The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
▸ noun: (historical) A former kingdom in the Afar Triangle, Horn of Africa, Africa, in what is now Ethiopia. A country contemporaneous with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, where frankincense, gold, ebony, ivory is found.
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▸ noun: (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
▸ verb: (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
▸ verb: Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
▸ verb: To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
▸ verb: (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
▸ verb: (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
▸ verb: (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
▸ verb: To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
▸ verb: (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
▸ verb: (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
▸ noun: (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
▸ noun: A point in the game of faro.
▸ noun: The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
▸ noun: A bet or wager.
▸ noun: (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
▸ noun: A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
▸ noun: A wild guess.
▸ noun: An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
▸ noun: (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
▸ verb: To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
▸ verb: (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
▸ verb: (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
▸ noun: The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
▸ noun: (historical) A former kingdom in the Afar Triangle, Horn of Africa, Africa, in what is now Ethiopia. A country contemporaneous with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, where frankincense, gold, ebony, ivory is found.
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