punt

Meanings

1. A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.

1. To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
2. Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.

1. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
2. To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
3. To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
4. To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
5. To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
6. To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
7. To eject; to kick out of a place.

1. A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.

1. A point in the game of faro.
2. The act of playing basset, baccarat, faro, etc.
3. A bet or wager.
4. Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
5. A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
6. A wild guess.
7. The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
8. A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.

1. To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
2. To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
3. To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.

1. The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

1. A former kingdom in the Horn of Africa, Africa, on the southern shore of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. A country contemporaneous with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, where frankincense, gold, ebony, ivory is found.

Etymology

From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.