punt

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  1. noun An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.
  2. transitive verb To propel (a boat) with a pole.
  3. transitive verb To carry in a punt.
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  • Obviously a punt, and probably won't happen, but because I think there will be a big enough stimulus. —  Firedoglake
  • The Ravens were forced to punt, and the Dolphins took over deep in their own territory, but managed to advance out to the 19. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • But Miami again held the Ravens to a punt, and took advantage of it on the first series of the fourth quarter. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • His fourth punt was a 67-yarder with backspin that landed on the Colts 'five-yard line.
  • Macro Man has some sympathy for the view, if only for a short-term punt. —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
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  1. Probably Middle English *punt, from Old English punt, from Latin pontō, pontoon, flatbottom boat, from pōns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Perhaps from dialectal punt, to strike, push, perhaps alteration of bunt.
  3. 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; see apo- in Indo-European roots.
  4. Perhaps from punty, iron rod used in glass blowing, probably from French pontil, from pointe, point, from Old French; see point.

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  1. from Middle English *punt, from Anglo-Saxon punt = Dutch ponte, pont = Middle Low German punte, a punt, ferry-boat, pontoon, from Latin ponto(n-), a punt, a pontoon: see pontoon.
  2. from punt, n.
  3. = French ponte, a punt, from Spanish punto, a point, a pip at cards, from Latin punctum, a point: see point.
  4. from French pouter, punt (at cards), from ponte, punt: see punt, n.
 

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