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punt
geographical name
1. A part of Africa not certainly identified but probably Somaliland.
noun
1. A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.
2. An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.
3. The indentation in the bottom of a champagne or wine bottle.
4. A long narrow flat-bottomed boat with square ends usually propelled with a pole.
5. The act or an instance of a ball.
verb
1. To propel (as a punt) with a pole.
2. To play at a gambling game against the banker.
3. To kick (as a football or soccer ball) with the top of the foot before the ball which is dropped from the hands hits the ground.
4. To punt a ball.
verb-intransitive
1. Chiefly British Slang To gamble.
2. Games To lay a bet against the bank, as in roulette.
3. To execute a punt.
4. To go in a punt.
verb-transitive
1. To carry in a punt.
2. To propel (a ball) by means of a punt.
3. To propel (a boat) with a pole.
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Top Words by points |
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punt | 6 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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nu | 2 |
un | 2 |
up | 4 |
ut | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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nut | 3 |
pun | 5 |
put | 5 |
tun | 3 |
tup | 5 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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punt | 6 |