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noun pʌntpənt A long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation. Example sentencesExamples - The oil painting features a boy and girl on a punt on a waterway.
- We understand that this equipment should never be used by people without Medical training and was therefore dangerous and totally useless in punts and small boats.
- 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.
- I could hear the water lapping on the sides of my punt.
- The tarpon fishing was carried out in flat-bottomed punts called jon boats.
- Then we'd sit and watch all the punts and boats going by from morning to tea-time, playing a bit of football or baseball and fighting to get the best place on the rug.
- You steer by pulling the quant through the water behind the punt.
- Where once the harbour might have had a currach or two tied up, the inlet is now festooned with yachts and dinghies and motor boats and punts of all shapes and sizes.
- We were rammed once by an undergrad punting a whale of a barge of a punt, but everyone stayed in the punt, including, happily the guy attached to the punt pole - me.
- The punt was finally brought ashore and laid upside down against a garden wall at our home in Cork.
- From early on, punts were used to ferry goods and passengers across but, with the building of the bridge, the trip became less hazardous.
- I had no oars because I thought I could propel the punt with a primitive sail that I had assembled.
- As Casper dunked one ball after another into the water on the 16th hole it was clear that the punt was about to pay-off in spectacular style.
- We would anchor off and row ashore in the punt and have a picnic on the beach.
- The punts come complete with mooring weights and paddles which are more than adequate in this non-tidal section of the Thames.
- A passerby on shore heard the cries for help, broke a window in a yacht club, grabbed a pair of oars, slipped a punt in the water and rowed out to where he heard the shouting.
- The cup is for small punts with outboard motors of 10 hp or less.
- The pole of a punt is a dangerous weapon in the hands of the inexperienced, and as such pleasure crafts journey too far into the path into the path of our rowing heroes ‘bumps’ literally will occur.
- She and Ali sat in a tiny punt beneath the last dock, he fixing her with a stare thick with the promise of violence.
- It was rather like trotting from a punt in traditional Thames style with the boat moored across the stream.
Synonyms venture, speculation, risk, gamble
verb pʌntpənt Travel or convey in a punt. no object in summer you can enjoy punting along the river Example sentencesExamples - Here's wishing you all well for three day's punting.
- Mention Oxford, and images of daydreaming dons and youths punting on the Cherwell come to mind.
- Although I started off learning to use a centre pin with my Grandfather from the bank, I gained a lot of experience trotting from a punt on the tidal Thames.
- In one picture, above, a couple and a friend are punted down the River Foss, with the magnificent Clifford's Tower in the background.
- Jamaica's lush interior is stunning, and the best way to see it is on a lazy river ride, being punted on your own personal bamboo raft.
- Sparkles of light danced off the lagoon as black-veiled women punted by in longboats.
- A variation of the first was to punt yourself along, feet pointing straight downward, gathering speed all the time by pushing off left and right.
- St George, Jerusalem, the Royal family, the green and pleasant lands of the home counties, punting on the Thames, cricket on the village green, our great and famous public schools, Last Night of the Proms?
- Any doubts are fully confirmed shortly afterwards, when Ted and Sylvia go punting along the Cam and come to a field of cows.
- Yesterday my only commitments were champagne punting and picnicking, and a costume fitting for the play.
- One evening in the summer we used to go punting up the river and have supper at the Green Man at Grantchester.
- Fireworks, a fun-fair and night punting on the riverbanks.
- Canadian studies of skeletons reveal they may have had an inflatable sac inside their bodies which allowed them to float and punt along in shallow water.
- The fishermen of Annamalaicheri village on Pulicat lake, punt their boats at dawn in winter.
- Two men would have worked the boat, punting it along.
- A flight in the vintage aircraft was one treat, with a punt down the Thames at Henley, then a restaurant meal to follow.
- The rowers turned their oars over to a blunt end they used to punt their craft along through the shallows to within five feet of the beach.
- Today, he was riding in it, punting along with a rubber ended broom handle, playing on the kazoo, and attempting to look like a gondola owner.
- Lucy Boston was captivated by it when she first saw the Manor in 1915, while punting along the river with her brother.
- You can build your own raft out of bamboo, and punt along the Klemin river or cruise down the Pimpin rivers by sampan.
- Students have complained that the failure to use a picture of punting on the Cherwell is at odds with the Ball's claims to be an occasion which celebrates Oxford.
- An afternoon punting on the Cam in the sunshine seems a straightforward enough pleasure.
- Taking hold of the oars, I would row the punt around and around in circles, imagining that I was captain of my own craft.
- The last highlight of our trip was being punted along the River Welland by Ashley Hatton, a young man who had the idea for this unusual business last summer.
- Each punt against the water pushed her farther aloft.
- I sat on a chair in the middle while Lemmy Nyambe punted us into the stream.
- Those pungent orangewood sticks push back encroaching cuticles, punts through muddy water.
- Yes, yes, centuries of tradition, punting on the Cam, Harry Potter gowns, what really freaks people out are the rising bollards.
- This time I got into the Ceilidh, and Salsa and stick dancing classes - as well as some night punting.
Origin Old English, from Latin ponto, denoting a flat-bottomed ferry boat; readopted in the early 16th century from Middle Low German punte or Middle Dutch ponte 'ferry boat', of the same origin. A flat-bottomed boat, a long kick, and a bet have little in common, and most dictionaries class punt as three separate words. The kind of boat you propel with a long pole is from Latin ponto, which meant ‘flat-bottomed ferry boat’ and is also the source of pontoon, a vessel used to support a temporary bridge or landing stage (see also pontiff). The punt that is a bet is a much later word, from the early 18th century and coming from French ponte or Spanish ponto ‘point’. In English it first referred to a person playing a card game. Punter, ‘a person who gambles’, is from this word—the sense ‘a customer or client’ first appeared as recently as the 1960s. Punt meaning ‘a long kick’ is first recorded in the rules of football at Rugby School, home of rugby, in 1845, only 20 or so years after the game was invented. It may be from the local dialect word punt, meaning ‘to push or kick’.
verb pʌntpənt [with object]1Soccer
with adverbial of direction Kick (the ball) a long distance upfield. the Leeds player kindly punted the ball back to them Example sentencesExamples - At the restart, Armoy fluffed the catch and Shane Hadden was there to punt the ball upfield.
- The England players have shown in the recent past that they need no second invitation to begin hopelessly punting the ball forward into ‘good areas’.
- Ten minutes later Foulger punted the ball upfield and Hoyle flicked it on for Jamie Longley to steer it in.
- West was singled out mainly because he kept punting the ball into the stands, hardly an unusual tactic when United had to win the game and were 2-in front.
- Holland punts a ball upfield and into what appears to be a parallel universe, where Kevin Kilbane is able to beat his man and deliver a decent cross into the box.
Synonyms kick, bunt, strike with the foot, tap 2American Football Rugby
Kick the ball after it has dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground. he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone no object the Raiders could get nowhere with their possession, and had to punt Example sentencesExamples - At this rate, the Dolphins will have a punt or two blocked down the stretch.
- Even Michigan star receiver Marquise Walker has returned punts and blocked a punt this season.
- Peek beat his man and put a big hand on the football just as it was punted.
- Buchanan picked off his fifth punt that went for a first down.
- He mishandled multiple punts, so veteran Troy Edwards will handle punt returns Week 1 in Pittsburgh.
noun pʌntpənt An act of punting a ball. Wood failed to cut out a long punt from Nicholas Example sentencesExamples - He never makes a had snap and delivers the ball with great velocity on punts and place kicks.
- His ability to return punts and kicks adds to his value… One reason the team has not stopped the run consistently this year is because it has not done a good job of gang-tackling.
- Unfortunately for Hall, his opportunities to return punts and kicks also have been cut considerably.
- Lots of battling in midfield, then aimless punts forward to chase.
- Adebayor got his head to a long punt from the keeper.
- He spent time in the offseason and training camp learning how to improve his high and short punts on kicks from near midfield.
- Two came in the form of special-teams meltdowns by Steelers, as a blocked field goal and a punt return both ended in Patriots touchdowns.
- It doesn't take much imagination to envision Evans returning kickoffs and punts as well.
- Between the two of them, the Texans would also have some flexibility as to who would return kickoffs and punts as both are capable in that department.
- Kingston charges out of his box to head the ball clear as Ze Roberto tried to latch onto a hopeful punt from the back.
- Toronto and Waterloo spent most of the first half exchanging the ball via punts and squandering opportunities.
- Lonely dribbles from the half way line and big punts for Drogba to knock down seemed to be all they had to offer.
- They've had a couple of great punts, some good returns and a short touchdown run, but other than that, they haven't been making plays.
- He served as Hampton's primary kickoff returner and also returned punts on occasion.
- We frequently conceded goals which were, frankly, hopeful punts from the opposing penalty area, which would roll limply into the goal as the defence fled in terror at the round white thing in their midst.
- Stovall might even get work right away returning punts or kicks.
- In his only season on the Packers in 1974, Hall-of-Famer Ted Hendricks blocked three field goals, three punts, and one extra point.
- Palace almost paid the price for their profligacy, when Svensson and Roberts both flicked on a long punt and the ball fell invitingly for McKenzie just 12 yards out.
- Ibrahimovic collects the ball from a big punt up the park.
- Knox went to punt, but a strong rush by Macalester forced the punter to hurry the kick, and the punt went only 5 yards.
- Happe also served as the Beaver's long snapper on punts and placekicks.
- Aimless punts gave Macclesfield the ball with time and space to counter-attack - an invitation to which they readily responded - and carelessness in contact led to a series of turnovers.
- Crude punts into the home penalty box caused unbelievable problems and the Minstermen always looked vulnerable to counter-attacks.
- After a wobbly period Chelsea fight back: a long punt forward nearly puts Gudjohnsen in, and then Gallas's 40-yard thumper bounces just past Kahn's post.
- Newman blocked two kicks as a junior and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown as a sophomore.
Origin Mid 19th century: probably from dialect punt 'push forcibly'. Compare with bunt1. verb pʌntpənt [no object]1(in some gambling card games) lay a stake against the bank. Example sentencesExamples - On the first series of downs they found themselves in a fourth-and-one situation and were forced to punt.
- Therefore, if you were punting with a stake of £2 per point, you would win 32 x £2 = £64.
Synonyms bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture - 1.1British informal Bet or speculate on something.
investors are punting on a takeover Example sentencesExamples - It may no longer wield the musical power it did in the halcyon punk-rock 1970s, but the New Musical Express is still punting the best of Britain's young bloods on the live circuit.
- The Supreme Court is punting on the military trials, at least for now, reports the Washington Post.
- The Deutschmark will be dumped, the lire lost, the punt punted, and the franc will be well finished.
- In fact the recent run up in the share price, bore no resemblance to actual performance by the company in the latest half, except that investors were punting on a huge capital return instead of that bid.
- If I had that famous penny for every time the Motley Fool's written about the nonsense of broker recommendations, then I'd be able to stop punting on tech shares.
- But there are much saner and sounder reasons for punting on the Andre Fabre-trained colt in the greatest all-aged race in Europe.
- Presumably he's punting on the fact that the NT population has a very high turnover rate, and hoping that with a bit of luck even some of those who lived here in 2000 might have forgotten!
- In February this year, after being told no again, she took a punt and sent it to another company in New York.
- If it's not enough to have the working people punting on the horses and the pokies to fill the public coffers, now they want us to punt on the markets.
- But there are still plenty of other ways to have some fun punting on the election result.
- They are simply hedging their bets, forming a relationship with you early on, in a competitive industry and punting on your future success.
- It loses four billion dollars punting on the currency.
- The company shake-up shows Singo's punting on a fourth network.
- Unless luck is on your side, punting on problem firms leads only to heavy losses.
- Other gamblers turned their attention to punting on the result of the negotiations between the union and the casino.
- Hence, this is a stock in which investors will need to display fair patience and understanding, rather than punting on overnight gains.
- She's punting on the fact that the shares, despite the shortcomings of the company, offer some decent appreciation potential.
- Depending on the odds, Sauber could be good value for an each-way punt at almost every grand prix.
- A commission is a politician's way of punting on an issue, and in this case, it was also an admission of defeat.
- But the latest alarm is sounding over growing evidence that small investors are using consumer credit to fund punting on soaring technology shares.
Synonyms bet, wager, place a bet, lay a bet, stake money on something, back the horses, try one's luck on the horses
noun pʌntpənt British informal A bet. those taking a punt on the company's success Example sentencesExamples - Without a guarantee from a multilateral agency, commercial banks are wary of taking a punt on a mega-project in communist Laos.
- Investors are taking a punt on what effectively is a shell company.
- However, Chez Panisse is so popular that the place is always booked out for at least a month in advance and therefore anybody going is taking a punt on what they'll get.
- Kitty Empire takes a punt on Eamon having a long career in front of him.
- City gamblers normally take a punt on the movement of financial indices, such as the FT All Share, or the FTSE index of Britain's top 100 companies.
- In a year that's seen home made reality shows crash and burn, I'm surprised they think this is worth taking a punt on.
- That said, his maverick tendencies are becoming almost a trademark of the man, and I'd wager a punt or two that he'll be courting controversy again before we next go to the polls.
- Likewise, what employer will risk taking a punt on a prospective employee with criminal convictions for racist activities?
- Certainly not cutting edge (a couple of years old now) but perfect for what I wanted at a price that was worth taking a punt on.
- A huge betting market had taken punts on what she might wear, but it was the joint favourite - pink - which saw off the competition.
- How is this inferior to people taking a punt on what they believe to be the next terrorist attack?
- The traders took a punt on the yen in long-dated options between two and 10 years.
- Is it worth taking a punt on the share price staying high, Rambus doing well, and Hyundai raking it in?
- Currently, small investors are obstructed from taking a punt on these funds because they cannot be sold directly to the public.
- These types of mortgages give the borrower the security of knowing their repayment will not change, but there is also a gamble because you are taking a punt on interest rates.
- That's four out of five borrowers taking a punt on where interest rates are going.
- May I endeavour to give the information that your Honours were asking in an exact form rather than taking a punt on it.
- The company is taking a punt with online betting in a bid to generate more revenue for the mass-market Internet Service Provider.
- But his most fruitful gamble has been his punt on the technology behind the BSE test.
- First time we met we talked gambling, every time we talk we discuss punts, so how is it going?
Synonyms wager, stake, gamble, ante
Phrases informal Attempt to do (something). Example sentencesExamples - He didn't need to laugh at me as I failed to dispossess him, or to use his goalkeeper to run upfield to have a punt at goal.
- Everyone's having a punt at shattering the race leader on the last real climb of the Tour.
- Mystic Medusa tells all, and also takes a punt at some eminent personages, including the Pope and the Dalai Lama.
Origin Early 18th century: from French ponte 'player against the bank', from Spanish punto 'a point'. noun pʊntpʊnt (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland, equal to 100 pence. Example sentencesExamples - Our customers are arriving in with both punts and euro, but it is not a problem.
- We were looking at numbers on the screen with no way of telling whether they were in punts or euros.
- Caroline Keady, whose parents live in Withington, changed a fistful of old Irish punts into euros before flying.
- The old punt is equal to one euro and twenty seven cent.
- Westport's transition from punts to euro has gone smoothly for the first week, according to some of the large retailers in town.
- Department stores can expect to find themselves in the eye of the storm as the switch from punts to euros will coincide with the post-Christmas sales.
- People can change their punts to Euro at the bar and then pay for all drinks in Euro, as everything will be priced in Euro.
- As testimony to its success, a total of £625.75 stg, 324.19 euro and £20 punts was raised.
- There will be a six week period when we will have dual currency, when the punt and the euro will be in circulation.
- Francs, Deutschmarks, guilders, punts, drachmas and pesetas will all have gone by the end of February.
- John Bee presented a well-laid out treasurer's report that started in punts and ended in Euro.
- In January 2002 the euro replaced the Irish punt, which in 1928 had replaced the British pound before it.
- The change over from the punt to the Euro seems to be going smoothly around the country.
- A computer or printer may be originally priced for the world market in dollars or sterling and translated into punts say, once every six months.
- Farmers, in particular, will need to have a good understanding of the value of the euro relative to the punt, as they will be buy sell stock and produce and buy livestock, fuel and other inputs in euros.
- There were also blushes in the court services when it became clear that several criminal summonses had not been served because the stamp duty on them had been paid before Christmas, in punts rather than euros.
- How retailers convert their prices from punts to euro is also being closely monitored.
- He said that consumers should be allowed to change their punts into euros in late December, to avoid chaos at banks and ATM's from January 1.
- Having ditched the punt for the euro, the Irish are more concerned about Central Bank interest rates than shenanigans at Stormont.
- Since the changeover from punts to euro in 2002 local shopkeeper John Harrison set himself a goal to raise as much funds as he could for two charities.
Origin Irish, literally 'pound'. nounpəntpənt A long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation. Example sentencesExamples - As Casper dunked one ball after another into the water on the 16th hole it was clear that the punt was about to pay-off in spectacular style.
- You steer by pulling the quant through the water behind the punt.
- The oil painting features a boy and girl on a punt on a waterway.
- The punt was finally brought ashore and laid upside down against a garden wall at our home in Cork.
- From early on, punts were used to ferry goods and passengers across but, with the building of the bridge, the trip became less hazardous.
- It was rather like trotting from a punt in traditional Thames style with the boat moored across the stream.
- The punts come complete with mooring weights and paddles which are more than adequate in this non-tidal section of the Thames.
- We would anchor off and row ashore in the punt and have a picnic on the beach.
- 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.
- Then we'd sit and watch all the punts and boats going by from morning to tea-time, playing a bit of football or baseball and fighting to get the best place on the rug.
- She and Ali sat in a tiny punt beneath the last dock, he fixing her with a stare thick with the promise of violence.
- The pole of a punt is a dangerous weapon in the hands of the inexperienced, and as such pleasure crafts journey too far into the path into the path of our rowing heroes ‘bumps’ literally will occur.
- I could hear the water lapping on the sides of my punt.
- We understand that this equipment should never be used by people without Medical training and was therefore dangerous and totally useless in punts and small boats.
- Where once the harbour might have had a currach or two tied up, the inlet is now festooned with yachts and dinghies and motor boats and punts of all shapes and sizes.
- The tarpon fishing was carried out in flat-bottomed punts called jon boats.
- We were rammed once by an undergrad punting a whale of a barge of a punt, but everyone stayed in the punt, including, happily the guy attached to the punt pole - me.
- A passerby on shore heard the cries for help, broke a window in a yacht club, grabbed a pair of oars, slipped a punt in the water and rowed out to where he heard the shouting.
- I had no oars because I thought I could propel the punt with a primitive sail that I had assembled.
- The cup is for small punts with outboard motors of 10 hp or less.
Synonyms venture, speculation, risk, gamble
verbpəntpənt Travel or convey in a punt. no object in summer you can enjoy punting along the river Example sentencesExamples - Yes, yes, centuries of tradition, punting on the Cam, Harry Potter gowns, what really freaks people out are the rising bollards.
- Canadian studies of skeletons reveal they may have had an inflatable sac inside their bodies which allowed them to float and punt along in shallow water.
- I sat on a chair in the middle while Lemmy Nyambe punted us into the stream.
- The rowers turned their oars over to a blunt end they used to punt their craft along through the shallows to within five feet of the beach.
- Sparkles of light danced off the lagoon as black-veiled women punted by in longboats.
- Fireworks, a fun-fair and night punting on the riverbanks.
- Two men would have worked the boat, punting it along.
- An afternoon punting on the Cam in the sunshine seems a straightforward enough pleasure.
- Today, he was riding in it, punting along with a rubber ended broom handle, playing on the kazoo, and attempting to look like a gondola owner.
- Those pungent orangewood sticks push back encroaching cuticles, punts through muddy water.
- Each punt against the water pushed her farther aloft.
- A flight in the vintage aircraft was one treat, with a punt down the Thames at Henley, then a restaurant meal to follow.
- This time I got into the Ceilidh, and Salsa and stick dancing classes - as well as some night punting.
- A variation of the first was to punt yourself along, feet pointing straight downward, gathering speed all the time by pushing off left and right.
- Yesterday my only commitments were champagne punting and picnicking, and a costume fitting for the play.
- The fishermen of Annamalaicheri village on Pulicat lake, punt their boats at dawn in winter.
- Any doubts are fully confirmed shortly afterwards, when Ted and Sylvia go punting along the Cam and come to a field of cows.
- Mention Oxford, and images of daydreaming dons and youths punting on the Cherwell come to mind.
- Although I started off learning to use a centre pin with my Grandfather from the bank, I gained a lot of experience trotting from a punt on the tidal Thames.
- Lucy Boston was captivated by it when she first saw the Manor in 1915, while punting along the river with her brother.
- In one picture, above, a couple and a friend are punted down the River Foss, with the magnificent Clifford's Tower in the background.
- The last highlight of our trip was being punted along the River Welland by Ashley Hatton, a young man who had the idea for this unusual business last summer.
- One evening in the summer we used to go punting up the river and have supper at the Green Man at Grantchester.
- You can build your own raft out of bamboo, and punt along the Klemin river or cruise down the Pimpin rivers by sampan.
- Students have complained that the failure to use a picture of punting on the Cherwell is at odds with the Ball's claims to be an occasion which celebrates Oxford.
- St George, Jerusalem, the Royal family, the green and pleasant lands of the home counties, punting on the Thames, cricket on the village green, our great and famous public schools, Last Night of the Proms?
- Taking hold of the oars, I would row the punt around and around in circles, imagining that I was captain of my own craft.
- Jamaica's lush interior is stunning, and the best way to see it is on a lazy river ride, being punted on your own personal bamboo raft.
- Here's wishing you all well for three day's punting.
Origin Old English, from Latin ponto, denoting a flat-bottomed ferry boat; readopted in the early 16th century from Middle Low German punte or Middle Dutch ponte ‘ferry boat’, of the same origin. verbpəntpənt 1American Football
with object Kick (the ball) after it is dropped from the hands and before it reaches the ground. he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone Example sentencesExamples - At this rate, the Dolphins will have a punt or two blocked down the stretch.
- Buchanan picked off his fifth punt that went for a first down.
- Peek beat his man and put a big hand on the football just as it was punted.
- He mishandled multiple punts, so veteran Troy Edwards will handle punt returns Week 1 in Pittsburgh.
- Even Michigan star receiver Marquise Walker has returned punts and blocked a punt this season.
- 1.1no object (of an offensive team) turn possession over to the defensive team by punting the ball after failing to make a first down.
the Raiders could get nowhere with their possession, and had to punt Example sentencesExamples - Play it straight, get a stop, and Oakland will punt, giving New York possession around midfield.
- Make no mistake, Moss will be the No.1 returner, but teams will try to punt away from him once they realize how dangerous he is.
- In football, he plays wide receiver and corner, plus he does all his team's punting, kicking and kick returns.
- Coming back from intermission, Jason Simmons nabbed a toss deflected by Jason Babin, but the offense sputtered again and punted.
- Of course, when it comes to punting, the fact that the above-mentioned teams are offered as bets is a nightmare.
2US no object Delay in answering or taking action; equivocate. he would continue to punt on questions of Medicare Example sentencesExamples - When the case finally made it to the Commission two years later, the court punted on the constitutionality question.
- Whereas most games handle such issues internally, Linden Labs is basically punting on the issue to the US court system.
- Edgeio seems to be punting on that question for the moment.
- But there's a reason why most of the investigations into the prison have punted on the essential question of executive responsibility.
nounpəntpənt An act of punting a ball. Example sentencesExamples - He spent time in the offseason and training camp learning how to improve his high and short punts on kicks from near midfield.
- It doesn't take much imagination to envision Evans returning kickoffs and punts as well.
- Crude punts into the home penalty box caused unbelievable problems and the Minstermen always looked vulnerable to counter-attacks.
- Two came in the form of special-teams meltdowns by Steelers, as a blocked field goal and a punt return both ended in Patriots touchdowns.
- We frequently conceded goals which were, frankly, hopeful punts from the opposing penalty area, which would roll limply into the goal as the defence fled in terror at the round white thing in their midst.
- Aimless punts gave Macclesfield the ball with time and space to counter-attack - an invitation to which they readily responded - and carelessness in contact led to a series of turnovers.
- He served as Hampton's primary kickoff returner and also returned punts on occasion.
- Stovall might even get work right away returning punts or kicks.
- Lots of battling in midfield, then aimless punts forward to chase.
- Unfortunately for Hall, his opportunities to return punts and kicks also have been cut considerably.
- Toronto and Waterloo spent most of the first half exchanging the ball via punts and squandering opportunities.
- Knox went to punt, but a strong rush by Macalester forced the punter to hurry the kick, and the punt went only 5 yards.
- They've had a couple of great punts, some good returns and a short touchdown run, but other than that, they haven't been making plays.
- Between the two of them, the Texans would also have some flexibility as to who would return kickoffs and punts as both are capable in that department.
- Palace almost paid the price for their profligacy, when Svensson and Roberts both flicked on a long punt and the ball fell invitingly for McKenzie just 12 yards out.
- Lonely dribbles from the half way line and big punts for Drogba to knock down seemed to be all they had to offer.
- Happe also served as the Beaver's long snapper on punts and placekicks.
- Ibrahimovic collects the ball from a big punt up the park.
- His ability to return punts and kicks adds to his value… One reason the team has not stopped the run consistently this year is because it has not done a good job of gang-tackling.
- Kingston charges out of his box to head the ball clear as Ze Roberto tried to latch onto a hopeful punt from the back.
- In his only season on the Packers in 1974, Hall-of-Famer Ted Hendricks blocked three field goals, three punts, and one extra point.
- Newman blocked two kicks as a junior and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown as a sophomore.
- He never makes a had snap and delivers the ball with great velocity on punts and place kicks.
- After a wobbly period Chelsea fight back: a long punt forward nearly puts Gudjohnsen in, and then Gallas's 40-yard thumper bounces just past Kahn's post.
- Adebayor got his head to a long punt from the keeper.
Origin Mid 19th century: probably from dialect punt ‘push forcibly’. Compare with bunt. verbpəntpənt [no object]1(in some gambling card games) place a bet against the bank. Example sentencesExamples - Therefore, if you were punting with a stake of £2 per point, you would win 32 x £2 = £64.
- On the first series of downs they found themselves in a fourth-and-one situation and were forced to punt.
Synonyms bet, wager, gamble, stake, hazard, risk, chance, venture - 1.1British informal Bet or speculate on something.
investors are punting on a takeover Example sentencesExamples - Presumably he's punting on the fact that the NT population has a very high turnover rate, and hoping that with a bit of luck even some of those who lived here in 2000 might have forgotten!
- Depending on the odds, Sauber could be good value for an each-way punt at almost every grand prix.
- But the latest alarm is sounding over growing evidence that small investors are using consumer credit to fund punting on soaring technology shares.
- It may no longer wield the musical power it did in the halcyon punk-rock 1970s, but the New Musical Express is still punting the best of Britain's young bloods on the live circuit.
- She's punting on the fact that the shares, despite the shortcomings of the company, offer some decent appreciation potential.
- If I had that famous penny for every time the Motley Fool's written about the nonsense of broker recommendations, then I'd be able to stop punting on tech shares.
- Hence, this is a stock in which investors will need to display fair patience and understanding, rather than punting on overnight gains.
- A commission is a politician's way of punting on an issue, and in this case, it was also an admission of defeat.
- Other gamblers turned their attention to punting on the result of the negotiations between the union and the casino.
- If it's not enough to have the working people punting on the horses and the pokies to fill the public coffers, now they want us to punt on the markets.
- Unless luck is on your side, punting on problem firms leads only to heavy losses.
- The Supreme Court is punting on the military trials, at least for now, reports the Washington Post.
- In February this year, after being told no again, she took a punt and sent it to another company in New York.
- The Deutschmark will be dumped, the lire lost, the punt punted, and the franc will be well finished.
- But there are still plenty of other ways to have some fun punting on the election result.
- They are simply hedging their bets, forming a relationship with you early on, in a competitive industry and punting on your future success.
- The company shake-up shows Singo's punting on a fourth network.
- It loses four billion dollars punting on the currency.
- But there are much saner and sounder reasons for punting on the Andre Fabre-trained colt in the greatest all-aged race in Europe.
- In fact the recent run up in the share price, bore no resemblance to actual performance by the company in the latest half, except that investors were punting on a huge capital return instead of that bid.
Synonyms bet, wager, place a bet, lay a bet, stake money on something, back the horses, try one's luck on the horses
nounpəntpənt British informal A bet. those taking a punt on the company's success Example sentencesExamples - Investors are taking a punt on what effectively is a shell company.
- However, Chez Panisse is so popular that the place is always booked out for at least a month in advance and therefore anybody going is taking a punt on what they'll get.
- The company is taking a punt with online betting in a bid to generate more revenue for the mass-market Internet Service Provider.
- First time we met we talked gambling, every time we talk we discuss punts, so how is it going?
- Certainly not cutting edge (a couple of years old now) but perfect for what I wanted at a price that was worth taking a punt on.
- Without a guarantee from a multilateral agency, commercial banks are wary of taking a punt on a mega-project in communist Laos.
- These types of mortgages give the borrower the security of knowing their repayment will not change, but there is also a gamble because you are taking a punt on interest rates.
- Likewise, what employer will risk taking a punt on a prospective employee with criminal convictions for racist activities?
- That's four out of five borrowers taking a punt on where interest rates are going.
- How is this inferior to people taking a punt on what they believe to be the next terrorist attack?
- Currently, small investors are obstructed from taking a punt on these funds because they cannot be sold directly to the public.
- That said, his maverick tendencies are becoming almost a trademark of the man, and I'd wager a punt or two that he'll be courting controversy again before we next go to the polls.
- Is it worth taking a punt on the share price staying high, Rambus doing well, and Hyundai raking it in?
- City gamblers normally take a punt on the movement of financial indices, such as the FT All Share, or the FTSE index of Britain's top 100 companies.
- In a year that's seen home made reality shows crash and burn, I'm surprised they think this is worth taking a punt on.
- The traders took a punt on the yen in long-dated options between two and 10 years.
- May I endeavour to give the information that your Honours were asking in an exact form rather than taking a punt on it.
- Kitty Empire takes a punt on Eamon having a long career in front of him.
- But his most fruitful gamble has been his punt on the technology behind the BSE test.
- A huge betting market had taken punts on what she might wear, but it was the joint favourite - pink - which saw off the competition.
Synonyms wager, stake, gamble, ante
Origin Early 18th century: from French ponte ‘player against the bank’, from Spanish punto ‘a point’. nounpʊntpo͝ont The basic monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland (until replaced by the euro), equal to 100 Irish pence. Example sentencesExamples - We were looking at numbers on the screen with no way of telling whether they were in punts or euros.
- Having ditched the punt for the euro, the Irish are more concerned about Central Bank interest rates than shenanigans at Stormont.
- The change over from the punt to the Euro seems to be going smoothly around the country.
- There were also blushes in the court services when it became clear that several criminal summonses had not been served because the stamp duty on them had been paid before Christmas, in punts rather than euros.
- In January 2002 the euro replaced the Irish punt, which in 1928 had replaced the British pound before it.
- People can change their punts to Euro at the bar and then pay for all drinks in Euro, as everything will be priced in Euro.
- As testimony to its success, a total of £625.75 stg, 324.19 euro and £20 punts was raised.
- There will be a six week period when we will have dual currency, when the punt and the euro will be in circulation.
- Our customers are arriving in with both punts and euro, but it is not a problem.
- Francs, Deutschmarks, guilders, punts, drachmas and pesetas will all have gone by the end of February.
- John Bee presented a well-laid out treasurer's report that started in punts and ended in Euro.
- Westport's transition from punts to euro has gone smoothly for the first week, according to some of the large retailers in town.
- Farmers, in particular, will need to have a good understanding of the value of the euro relative to the punt, as they will be buy sell stock and produce and buy livestock, fuel and other inputs in euros.
- How retailers convert their prices from punts to euro is also being closely monitored.
- He said that consumers should be allowed to change their punts into euros in late December, to avoid chaos at banks and ATM's from January 1.
- Since the changeover from punts to euro in 2002 local shopkeeper John Harrison set himself a goal to raise as much funds as he could for two charities.
- A computer or printer may be originally priced for the world market in dollars or sterling and translated into punts say, once every six months.
- The old punt is equal to one euro and twenty seven cent.
- Department stores can expect to find themselves in the eye of the storm as the switch from punts to euros will coincide with the post-Christmas sales.
- Caroline Keady, whose parents live in Withington, changed a fistful of old Irish punts into euros before flying.
Origin Irish, literally ‘pound’. |