punt

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

punt, v. i. [F. ponter, or It. puntare, fr. L. punctum point. See Point.].

 To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.  [1913 Webster]
"She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables."  [1913 Webster]

punt, n. 

 Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.  [1913 Webster]

punt, n. [AS., fr. L. ponto punt, pontoon. See Pontoon.].

 A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.  [1913 Webster]

punt, v. t. 

•  To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.  Livingstone.  [1913 Webster]
•  To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.  [1913 Webster]

punt, n. 

 The act of punting the ball.  [1913 Webster]

punt, v. i. 

•  To boat or hunt in a punt.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To punt a football.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

punt, n. & v.
--n. a long narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends, used mainly for pleasure on rivers and propelled by a long pole.
--v.
1 tr. propel (a punt) with a pole.
2 intr. & tr. travel or convey in a punt.

Derivative

punter n.

punt, v. & n.
--v.tr. kick (a ball, esp. in rugby) after it has dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground.
--n. such a kick.

Derivative

punter n.

punt, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 (in some card-games) lay a stake against the bank.
2 Brit. colloq. a bet on a horse etc. b speculate in shares etc.
--n.
1 a bet.
2 a point in faro.

punt, n. the chief monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

Ir., = pound

THESAURUS

punt

ante, ante up, back, bet, bet on, boot, calcitration, call, catch a crab, cover, cut a crab, drop kick, fade, feather, feather an oar, gamble, give way, hazard, kick, kicking, knee, lay, lay a wager, lay down, make a bet, meet a bet, pace, paddle, parlay, pass, place kick, play against, plunge, ply the oar, pull, row, row away, row dry, scull, see, ship oars, shoot, sky an oar, speculate, stake, stand pat, wager

ROGET THESAURUS

punt

Navigation

VB sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.

Ship

N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.