punt

n.
An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.


v., punt·ed, punt·ing, punts.

v.tr.

1. To propel (a boat) with a pole.
2. To carry in a punt.

v.intr.
To go in a punt.

[Probably Middle English *punt, from Old English punt, from Latin pontō, pontoon, flatbottom boat, from pōns, pont-, bridge.]

punter punt'er n.

punt² (pŭnt) Football.
n.
A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.


v., punt·ed, punt·ing, punts.

v.tr.
To propel (a ball) by means of a punt.

v.intr.

1. To execute a punt.
2. Informal. To cease doing something; give up: Let's punt on this and try something else.

[Perhaps from dialectal punt, to strike, push, perhaps alteration of bunt.]

punter punt'er n.

punt³ (pŭnt)
intr.v., punt·ed, punt·ing, punts.

1. Games. To lay a bet against the bank, as in roulette.
2. Chiefly British Slang. To gamble.

[French ponter, from obsolete pont, past participle of pondre, to put (obsolete), to lay an egg, from Old French, to lay an egg, from Latin pōnere.]

punter punt'er n.

punt⁴ (pŭnt)
n.
The indentation in the bottom of a champagne or wine bottle.

[Perhaps from punty, iron rod used in glass blowing, probably from French pontil, from pointe, point, from Old French. See point.]

The indentation in the bottom of a wine or champagne bottle, designed for two basic purposes-catching sediment and reinforcing the bottle. It also makes a convenient handhold when pouring wine.

[from the punch line of an old joke referring to American football: “Drop back 15 yards and punt!”]

1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying. “Let's punt the movie tonight.” “I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt” may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature.

2. More specifically, to give up on figuring out what the Right Thing is and resort to an inefficient hack.

3. A design decision to defer solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution. “No way to know what the right form to dump the graph in is — we'll punt that for now.”

4. To hand a tricky implementation problem off to some other section of the design. “It's too hard to get the compiler to do that; let's punt to the runtime system.”

5. To knock someone off an Internet or chat connection; a punter thus, is a person or program that does this.

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The indentation in the bottom of a wine or champagne bottle. The punt's design serves two purposes-catching sediment and reinforcing the bottle.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - fladbundet båd
v. tr. - stage
v. intr. - stage sig frem

2.
v. tr. - sparke med slipspark
v. intr. - lave slipspart
n. - slipspark

3.
v. intr. - spille
n. - indsats

4.
n. - grundlæggende møntenhed i Irland

5.
n. - buen i bunden af en vin- eller champagneflaske

Nederlands (Dutch)
platbodem, gokken tegen de bank, de bal trappen (Amerikaans voetbal), een bal vanuit de handen trappen

Français (French)
1.
n. - bachot, bateau à fond plat
v. tr. - faire avancer à la perche, transporter en bachot (marchandises)
v. intr. - faire un tour de rivière, aller se promener en bachot

2.
v. tr. - (Sport) envoyer (le ballon) d'un coup de volée (football, rugby)
v. intr. - (Sport) donner un coup de pied de volée
n. - (Sport) coup de volée (football et rugby)

3.
v. intr. - ponter (aux cartes), parier (aux courses de chevaux)
n. - ponte (aux cartes), pari, mise

4.
n. - livre irlandaise

5.
n. - découpage (du fond d'une bouteille de champagne ou de vin)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Stechkahn, Punt
v. - punten

2.
v. - staken, aus der Hand schießen
n. - Schuß aus der Hand

3.
v. - wetten
n. - Point

4.
n. - WÄhrungseinheit der Republik Irland

5.
n. - ZapfenlÖcher am Boden einer Weinflasche

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αβαθής ποταμίσια βάρκα, βάρκα με σταλίκι, πλοιάριο
v. - προωθώ (βάρκα) με σταλίκι, στοιχηματίζω, ποντάρω

Italiano (Italian)
zattera, rinvio del portiere, scommettere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - balsa (f), barco de fundo chato impulsionado por vara (m)
v. - impulsionar com vara

Русский (Russian)
ставка, удар с лету, ударить с лету, плыть, отталкиваясь шестом, играть в азартные игры

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - batea
v. tr. - mover una batea
v. intr. - ir o llevar en batea

2.
v. tr. - patear
v. intr. - patear
n. - patada que se da en el rugby y en el fútbol americano

3.
v. intr. - jugar contra la banca
n. - apuesta

4.
n. - unidad monetaria de Irlanda

5.
n. - indentación en el fondo de una botella de vino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stakbåt, insats (i spel)
v. - staka fram, punta, spela, tippa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 平底船, 用篙撑, 用平底船运输, 坐平底船

2. 踢悬空球, 踢

3. 下赌注

4. 平底船

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 平底船
v. tr. - 用篙撐, 用平底船運輸
v. intr. - 坐平底船

2.
v. intr. - 下賭注

3.
n. - 平底船

4.
n. - 踢懸空球
v. tr. - 踢
v. intr. - 踢

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 너벅선
v. tr. - 삿대로 저다
v. intr. - 너벅선으로 나르다

2.
v. tr. - (손에서 떨어 뜨린 공을) 땅에 닿기 전에 차다
v. intr. - (계획 된 것을) 그만두다
n. - 펀트하기

3.
v. intr. - 물주를 상대로 돈을 걸다
n. - 내기에 거는 돈

4.
n. - 공화국 등의 기본 화폐 단위

5.
n. - 샴페인이나 와인의 바닥의 오목한 부분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パント
v. - パントで行く, さおでこぐ, パントで運ぶ, パントする, 賭ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زورق مسطح القعر, رفسه كرة القدم (فعل) يسير الزورق المسطح بعصا, يركل الكرة عاليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פנט (סירה מלבנית צרה ושטוחה)‬
v. tr. - ‮השיט בפנט‬
v. intr. - ‮שט בפנט‬
v. tr. - ‮בעט בעיטת-יעף‬
v. intr. - ‮נבעט בבעיטת-יעף (כדור)‬
n. - ‮בעיטת-יעף (נבעטת ע"י השחקן לפני שהכדור מגיע לאדמה)‬
v. intr. - ‮הימר, התערבות, סחר במניות‬
n. - ‮הימור, התערבות, נקודה במשחק קלפים בו מתערבים על סדר הופעתם‬
n. - ‮יחידת המטבע הבסיסית באירלנד‬
n. - ‮בליטה כלפי פנים בתחתיתו של בקבוק יין‬

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