Get Free Checker

punt

[ US /ˈpənt/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌnt/ ]
VERB
  1. place a bet on
    I'm betting on the new horse
    Which horse are you backing?
  2. propel with a pole
    We went punting in Cambridge
    pole barges on the river
  3. kick the ball
NOUN
  1. an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
  2. (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
  3. 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]
View all