punt
[verb]
Synonyms:
- bet, back, gamble, lay, stake, wager
[noun]
Synonyms:
- bet, gamble, stake, wager

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English Thesaurus: yacht, sailing boat, rowing boat, dinghy, catamaran, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. punt¹ /pʌnt/ noun
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: ponto; ⇒ pontoon]
[Sense 3: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ punt²(1)]
[Sense 4: Date: 1900-2000; Language: Irish]

1. BOAT [countable] a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river

2. a punt the activity of travelling in a punt:
a punt down the river

3. KICK [countable usually singular] in rugby or American football, the action of kicking the ball after dropping it from your hands:
a 45-yard punt

4. MONEY [countable] the standard unit of money used in the Republic of Ireland before the Euro

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. punt² verb
[Sense 1: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ punt¹(2)]
[Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from punt 'to hit, push' (1800-1900). ]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to go on a river in a punt
punt along/down/past etc
Pete punted us back to the boatyard.

2. [transitive]
a) in rugby or American football, to drop the ball from your hands and kick it:
He punted the ball 40 yards.
b) to kick a ball hard so that it goes a long way

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

yacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport
sailing boat British English, sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sails
rowing boat British English, rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oars
dinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore
catamaran a sailing boat with two separate hulls (=the part that goes in the water)
trimaran a sailing boat with three separate HULLSs
barge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or river
canal boat (also narrow boat British English) a boat that you use on canals
canoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle. Canoes are for one to three people
kayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.
punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasure
houseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on it
pleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc:
People were out on the lake in pleasure boats.

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