a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with square ends, usu propelled with a pole [Old English from Latin ponton-, ponto: see pontoon1]
to propel (a punt) with a poleto transport (somebody or something) by punt verb intransto propel a punt; to go punting
to play against the banker at a gambling gameBrit, informal to bet or gamble [French ponter, from ponte point in some games, play against the banker, from Spanish punto: see punctilio]
in rugby, etc, to kick (a football) after the ball is dropped from the hands and before it hits the groundto give (a ball) a long high kick [origin unknown]
the former basic monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland (replaced by the euro in 2002) [Irish Gaelic punt pound]