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punt   (TTS Sound)

The noun punt has 3 senses

• Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound -- (formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence)


• punt -- (an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole)


• punt, punting -- ((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")

The verb punt has 3 senses

• punt -- (kick the ball)


• punt, pole -- (propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge")


• bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt -- (place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse")