Dictionary Entry
punt
punt is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
- 2noun
Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- 3noun
A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
- 4transitive verb
To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.
- 5transitive verb
To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
- 6noun
The act of punting the ball.
- 7noun
(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
"the punt traveled 50 yards"
"punting is an important part of the game"
Synonyms
- 8noun
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- 9noun
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Synonyms
- 10verb
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"
"I'm betting on the new horse"
- 11verb
propel with a pole
"pole barges on the river"
"We went punting in Cambridge"
Synonyms
- 12verb
kick the ball
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