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PUNT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

Example:

punting is an important part of the game

Synonyms:

punt; punting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("punt" is a kind of...):

boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Derivation:

punt (kick the ball)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("punt" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

Derivation:

punt (propel with a pole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Synonyms:

Irish pound; Irish punt; pound; punt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("punt" is a kind of...):

Irish monetary unit (monetary unit in Eire)

Meronyms (parts of "punt"):

penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place a bet on

Example:

I'm betting on the new horse

Synonyms:

back; bet on; gage; game; punt; stake

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "punt" is one way to...):

bet; play; wager (stake on the outcome of an issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "punt"):

ante (place one's stake)

double up; parlay (stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s on something

Derivation:

punter (someone who bets)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Propel with a pole

Example:

We went punting in Cambridge

Synonyms:

pole; punt

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "punt" is one way to...):

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

"Punt" entails doing...:

force; push (move with force)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

punt (an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole)

punter (someone who propels a boat with a pole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Kick the ball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "punt" is one way to...):

kick (drive or propel with the foot)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

punt ((football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground)

punter ((football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground)

punting ((football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground)

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