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

1. intransitive verb. To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
2. noun. Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
3. noun. A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
4. transitive verb. To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.
5. transitive verb. To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
6. noun. The act of punting the ball.
7. noun. (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: punting

8. noun. an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
9. noun. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

   Synonyms: pound

10. verb. place a bet on

    "Which horse are you backing?"

    "I'm betting on the new horse"

    Synonyms: back, gage, game, stake

11. verb. propel with a pole

    "pole barges on the river"

    "We went punting in Cambridge"

    Synonyms: pole

12. verb. kick the ball

Synonyms

punting, pound, back, gage, game, stake, pole

Common word forms

punts, puntal, punted, punter, punting

Words from these letters

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