punt

punt¹ [pʌnt] n

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1¦(boat)¦

2 a punt

3¦(kick)¦

4¦(money)¦

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[Sense: 1-2; Date: 1000-1100; : Latin; Origin: ponto; PONTOON]

[Sense: 3; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: PUNT²1]

[Sense: 4; Date: 1900-2000; : Iris]

1.) ¦(BOAT)¦

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)¦ [C 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)¦

the standard unit of money used in the Republic of Ireland before the ↑Euro

punt ²

punt² v

[Sense: 1;Date: 1800-1900; Origin: PUNT¹2]

[Sense: 2; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from punt 'to hit, push' (1800-1900).]

1.) [I and T]

to go on a river in a punt

punt along/down/past etc

▪ Pete punted us back to the boatyard.

2.) [T]

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