punt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Irish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Mutation 4 Romansch 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Slovene 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʌnt/, SAMPA: /pVnt/
• Rhymes: -ʌnt

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin ponto (“‘Gaulish flat-bottomed boat’”).

[edit] Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

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[edit] Verb

to punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)

1. (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt.

[edit] Verb

to punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)

1. (American football) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To gamble, to place a bet.
3. (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
4. To retreat from one's objective.
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): ca. 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick and C. Michael Pilato, Version Control with Subversion

     Punting: Using svn revert

     If you decide that you want to throw out your changes and start your edits again (whether this occurs after a conflict or anytime), just revert your changes

[edit] Derived terms

• drop punt
• punt returner
• punter
• torpedo punt

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[edit] Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. (American football) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Contrast drop kick.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From French ponte or Spanish ponto (“‘point’”).

[edit] Noun

punt (plural punts)

1. A point in the game of faro.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A bet or wager.
3. An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
4. (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.

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[edit] See also

• punter

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[edit] Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʏnt/
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[edit] Noun

punt m. (plural punten, diminutive puntje, diminutive plural puntjes)

1. (geometry) point

   Door twee punten gaat precies één rechte.

   Through two points one can draw exactly one straight line.

2. mark
3. (punctuation) full stop, period

   Punt, gedaan.

   Full stop, finished. / That’s it, period.

   Aan het einde van een zin hoort een punt of een ander leesteken.

   At the end of a sentence there belongs a full stop or another punctuation sign.

4. dot

   Een ypsilon, zonder puntjes.

   A wye, without dots on it.

[edit] Derived terms

beginpunt buigpunt brandpunt de puntjes op de i zetten dieptepunt doelpunt grenspunt hoekpunt hoogtepunt

lichtpunt procentpunt punteren raakpunt snijpunt spaarpunt strafpunt zwaartepunt

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Irish punt < Middle English pund (“‘pound’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠ/

[edit] Noun

punt m.

1. A pound, money.
2. A pound, weight.

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative punt puint Vocative a phuint a phunta Genitive puint punt Dative punt puint

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an punt na puint Genitive an phuint na bpunt Dative leis an bpunt don phunt leis na puint

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
punt	phunt	bpunt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pons. Cognates include Catalan pont, French pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente.

[edit] Noun

punt m.

1. bridge

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Noun

punt m.

1. revolt