Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who marks the points in the game of basset; a marker.
- noun One who fishes or hunts in a punt.
- noun One who punts a boat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (London Stock Exchange) A scalper.
- noun One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
- noun One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who bets (
punts ) against thebank (banque) . - noun One who oars or poles a
punt (pontoon ). - noun One who punts a football.
- noun UK, slang one who gambles. See
speculator . - noun UK, slang A
customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
- noun someone who propels a boat with a pole
- noun someone who bets
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Examples
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When your punter is your most valuable player of the game, and your only play worth noting is blocked field goal returned for a touchdown, it's not a good thing.
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All-American Zoltan Mesko's likely replacement at punter is incoming freshman Will Hagerup, while redshirt freshman Brendan Gibbons will get first crack at the place-kicking job.
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Set at punter is Adam Podlesh, good but not great last season.
Reloaded and refreshed, Jags won't stand for third-wheel tag 2008
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As you would expect, good bad or indifferent, (and they can be all three), pushed for time the punter is likely to patronise the reliable purveyor of consistent quality.
Idle Dream No. 94 Newmania 2007
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Special teams: The Giants have an oldie-but-goodie in punter Jeff Feagles, the league's all-time leader in punting yardage (62,928 yards) and in punts inside the 20-yard line (483).
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The competition between Rocca and Johnson could be decided on which punter is the better holder.
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Wisconsin punter Ken DeBauche then stepped out of the end zone on the final play to account for the final score.
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'There are carrots dangled that are so exciting, but I don't want to go and make that film that I know as a punter I would see and feel like someone's sold out.'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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'There are carrots dangled that are so exciting, but I don't want to go and make that film that I know as a punter I would see and feel like someone's sold out.'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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'There are carrots dangled that are so exciting, but I don't want to go and make that film that I know as a punter I would see and feel like someone's sold out.'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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