punt
English
Etymology 1
From Old English [Term?], 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.
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Pronunciation
Noun
punt (plural punts)
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Verb
punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)
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Etymology 2
Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.
Pronunciation
Verb
punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- 1975, Barry Targan, Harry Belten and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, page 133:
- At the dump he emptied the station wagon quickly and only once punted a bag of refuse, exploding it like a pinata at a Mexican Christmas.
- 2019, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, We Cast a Shadow (One World, →ISBN), page 100:
- He even hated pets—I once saw him punt a cat.
- (rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) 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.)
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC[1]:
- With five minutes remaining Hennessey was down well to block another Vukcevic shot, while Gunter was smartly in to punt away the dangerous loose ball.
- 1975, Barry Targan, Harry Belten and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, page 133:
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- 2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press (→ISBN), page 91:
- The briefer reported it had been terminated on orders from Secretary Schlesinger, but attributed this to a sense Shamrock produced little, not to the fact it had been discovered. The NSA briefer punted on whether Fort Meade had been reading Americans' private messages, ...
- 2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press (→ISBN), page 91:
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- ca. 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick and C. Michael Pilato, “Basic Work Cycle”, in Version Control with Subversion[2]:
- 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
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
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Noun
punt (plural punts)
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
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Etymology 3
Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point.
Pronunciation
Noun
punt (plural punts)
- A point in the game of faro.
- The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- A bet or wager.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- (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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Verb
punt (third-person singular simple present punts, present participle punting, simple past and past participle punted)
- To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (Can we date this quote by Thackeray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- She heard […] of his punting at gaming tables.
- 2004, John Buglear, “Is it worth the risk? – introducing probability”, in Quantitative methods for business: the A-Z of QM[3], →ISBN, page 339:
- Whether you want to gamble on a horse race, bet on which player will score first in a game of football, have a punt on a particular tennis player winning a grand slam event, you are buying a chance, a chance which is measured in terms of probability, ‘the odds’.
- 2006 June 23, Dan Roebuck, “Eriksson's men still worth a punt”, in The Guardian[4]:
- Eriksson's men still worth a punt
- 2009 November 3, Sarah Collerton, “Cup punt not child's play”, in ABC News[5]:
- Australians have a reputation for being keen to bet on two flies climbing up a wall and today young ones often take a casual classroom punt
- (Can we date this quote by Thackeray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
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Etymology 4
Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund.
Pronunciation
Noun
punt (plural punts)
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
punt m (plural punts)
- point (specific location)
- (grammar) dot, point (punctuation mark)
- (mathematics) point (used for separating the fractional part from the whole part)
- dot (used in Morse code)
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Related terms
Further reading
- “punt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
punt n (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)
- point
- A position, place, or spot
- A moment in time
- A central idea, argument, or opinion of a discussion or presentation
- A tally of worth or score (such as in a game)
- A mark, note, or grade (as in for a class)
- (geometry) geometric point
- Door twee punten gaat precies één rechte. ― Through two points one can draw exactly one straight line.
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Etymology 2
From French point, from Latin punctus.
Noun
punt m (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)
- The terminal point of something
- de punt van een naald of mes ― the point of a needle or knife
- de zuidpunt van het eiland ― the southern point of the island
- dot
- Een ypsilon, zonder puntjes. ― A wye, without dots on it.
- full stop, 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.
- Punt, gedaan. ― Full stop, finished. / That’s it, period.
- A pointy slice of a cake, pie or pizza.
- Synonym: taartpunt
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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”), from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), from pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *pend-, *spend- (“to pull, stretch”).
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Pronunciation
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Noun
punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint or punta)
- pound (unit of weight, unit of currency)
Declension
- Alternative plural: punta (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- nóta puint m (“pound note”)
- puntáiste m (“poundage”)
Etymology 2
Noun
punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint)
- (of enclosure) pound
Declension
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint)
Declension
Derived terms
- puntáilte (“crushed, crowded”, adjective)
- puntghunna m (“punt-gun”)
Etymology 4
Noun
punt
- Alternative form of puinn
Pronunciation
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
punt | phunt | bpunt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “punt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “punt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “punt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “punt”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”).
Noun
punt m (genitive singular punt, plural puint)
- (numismatics, unit of measure) pound
Derived terms
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
punt | phunt | bunt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old French
Noun
punt oblique singular, m (oblique plural punz or puntz, nominative singular punz or puntz, nominative plural punt)
- Alternative form of pont
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) pùnt
Etymology
From Latin pōns, pōntem (compare Catalan pont, French pont, Italian ponte, Occitan pònt, Portuguese ponte, Spanish puente), from Proto-Indo-European *pont- (“path, road”).
Pronunciation
Noun
punt m (plural punts)
Slovene
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
pȕnt m inan
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | pùnt | ||
gen. sing. | púnta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pùnt | púnta | púnti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
púnta | púntov | púntov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
púntu | púntoma | púntom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pùnt | púnta | púnte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
púntu | púntih | púntih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
púntom | púntoma | púnti |
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English pund.
Pronunciation
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Noun
punt f (plural punnoedd or punnau)
- (numismatics) pound (sterling)
- pound (weight)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
punt | bunt | mhunt | phunt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “punt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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