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US
/ˈpənt/
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[ UK /pˈʌnt/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌnt/ ]
VERB
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place a bet on
I'm betting on the new horse
Which horse are you backing? -
propel with a pole
We went punting in Cambridge
pole barges on the river - kick the ball
NOUN
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
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(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
punting is an important part of the game
the punt traveled 50 yards - formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
How To Use punt In A Sentence
- The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
- A mere two minutes passed before Cooks was celebrating again in the end zone, this time after a 32-yard punt return.
- Punters and racegoers have felt only a sense of deprivation through the snow and ice of recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times
- Under the betting ordinance, Hong Kong punters can bet on overseas races, but they must be part of a local racing programme.
- The broadband Internet Service Provider is under fire for its poor customer service with punters up in arms at being left without phone and broadband.
- One example is bookmaking - punters can now both back and lay horses over the web.
- The technical details mean nothing to the average punter.
- The team have drawn up a list of three potential sites for landing stages for the punts, the first at Castle Mill, the second at the Coppergate Centre, the third on the Hungate site.
- He was joined by elegant Italian lutenist Andrea Damiani in contrapuntal pieces by Vincenzo Galilei.
- Aquesta mòdul superior actuava d’eix central, a partir del qual s’organitzaven els diferents espais de la biblioteca: un primer anell a l’interior, amb els prestatges dels llibres, i en el perimetre de la biblioteca, els punts i les sales de lectura. Projecte per a la Biblioteca de la Universitat de Washington | [bauen]