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Punt

speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Nautical:
In Football (American), Football (soccer) & Rugby:
A
made by a
who
and
before it
the ground.
A point
of faro.
A
or wager.
In Australian English:
Gambling, as a
, especially
on
or the
. E.g anyone
a
on Randwick?
A
or other commitment.
A
guess.
An
in the
of a
bottle.
In Glassblowing:
A
which is
to a
in order to better
the
.
The Irish
, used as the
of
of Ireland until it was
by the
in 2002.

Verb

In Nautical:
Of a
, to
along the
using its
as limbs.
In Football (American), Football (soccer), Gaelic football & Rugby:
  • To
    ; to
    something a
    distance.
  • To
    a
    from the
    before it
    the
    . (This
    the
    farther from the
    across which the
    team is
    to
    , so
    the
    of the team punting.)
  • In Football (soccer):
  • To
    ; to
    something a
    distance.
  • To
    a
    far and high.
  • To
    ; to
    something a
    distance.
    To
    and
    or
    (answering a
    ,
    an
    , etc).
    To
    from
    ; to
    an
    one still
    supports.
    To make the best
    from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
    To
    ; to
    of a place.
    In Australian English, British English, Irish English & New Zealand English:
    To
    against the
    , to back a
    , to
    or
    more generally
    To make a
    or other
    , or take a
    guess.

    Name

    A
    in the Afar Triangle, Horn of Africa, Africa, in what is now Ethiopia. A country
    with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, where
    ,
    ,
    ,
    is found.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    punt
    English
    arrow
    punt
    Irish
    arrow
    pund
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    punt
    Middle Irish (900-1200)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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