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4-letter words (1 found)

PUNT,

3-letter words (5 found)

NUT,PUN,PUT,TUN,TUP,

2-letter words (4 found)

NU,UN,UP,UT,

You can make 10 words from punt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of punt

punt upnt pnut nput unpt nupt putn uptn ptun tpun utpn tupn pntu nptu ptnu tpnu ntpu tnpu untp nutp utnp tunp ntup tnup

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Definitions and meaning of punt

punt

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

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

Verb

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.
  2. Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Verb

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

  1. To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
    1. (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.)
    2. (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
  3. To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
  4. (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
  5. (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
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Noun

punt (plural punts)

  1. (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • drop kick

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

  1. A point in the game of faro.
  2. The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
  3. A bet or wager.
  4. (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
  5. A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
  6. A wild guess.
  7. An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
  8. (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
Translations

Verb

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

  1. To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
  2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
  3. (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
Translations

Related terms

  • punter

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt

Noun

punt (plural punts)

  1. The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

Further reading

  • Punt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Punt in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pūnctum. Cognate with Spanish and Galician punto and Portuguese ponto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈpun]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpunt]

Noun

punt m (plural punts)

  1. point (specific location)
  2. (grammar) dot, point (punctuation mark)
  3. (mathematics) point (used for separating the fractional part from the whole part)
  4. dot (used in Morse code)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • puntuar
  • punyir
  • punxar

Further reading

  • “punt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʏnt/
  • Hyphenation: punt
  • Rhymes: -ʏnt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin punctum.

Noun

punt n (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)

  1. point (a position, place, or spot)
    De schat ligt op dat punt op de kaart. ― The treasure is located at that point on the map.
    Vanaf dit punt kunnen we de hele stad zien. ― From this point, we can see the entire city.
    Markeer het punt waar de twee lijnen elkaar kruisen. ― Mark the point where the two lines intersect.
  2. point (moment in time)
    Op een bepaald punt gaf hij op. ― At a certain point, he gave up.
    Tot dat punt was alles goed gegaan. ― Up to that point, everything had gone well.
    Dit is het punt waarop we moeten beslissen. ― This is the point at which we need to decide.
  3. point (central idea, argument, or opinion of a discussion or presentation)
    Wat is het belangrijkste punt van je presentatie? ― What is the main point of your presentation?
    Ik snap je punt niet. ― I don't get your point.
    Ze maakte een interessant punt over klimaatverandering. ― She made an interesting point about climate change.
  4. point (tally of worth or score, such as in a game)
    Ze scoorde drie punten in de laatste minuut. ― She scored three points in the last minute.
    Hoeveel punten hebben we nu? ― How many points do we have now?
    Met nog één punt kunnen we winnen. ― With just one more point, we can win.
  5. point (mark, note, or grade, as in for a class)
    Ik kreeg 85 punten voor mijn wiskundetoets. ― I got 85 points for my math exam.
    Hoeveel punten heb je nodig om te slagen? ― How many points do you need to pass?
    Ze verloor punten vanwege spelfouten. ― She lost points due to spelling mistakes.
  6. (geometry) point
    In de meetkunde is een punt een locatie zonder omvang. ― In geometry, a point is a location with no size.
    Teken een punt A op het papier. ― Draw a point A on the paper.
    Twee punten bepalen een rechte lijn. ― Two points determine a straight line.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French point, from Latin punctus. Doublet of bont.

Noun

punt m (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)

  1. 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
  2. dot
    Zet een punt op de i. ― Put a dot on the i.
    De kaart was bezaaid met punten die belangrijke locaties aangaven. ― The map was dotted with dots indicating important locations.
    Ze tekende een hartje met een kleine punt erin. ― She drew a heart with a little dot inside it.
  3. full stop, period
    Zet een punt aan het einde van de zin. ― Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.
    Ik heb geleerd altijd een punt te gebruiken na een volledige gedachte. ― I've learned to always use a period after a complete thought.
    Ze schrijft vaak lange zinnen zonder een punt. ― She often writes long sentences without a full stop.
  4. A pointy slice of a cake, pie or pizza.
    Synonym: taartpunt
Derived terms

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 *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).

Alternative forms

  • punnt (obsolete)
  • púnt (Munster)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠuːn̪ˠt̪ˠ/ (also spelled púnt)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /pˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /pˠʌn̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint or punta)

  1. pound (unit of weight, unit of currency)
Declension
  • Alternative plural: punta (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English pound.

Noun

punt m (genitive singular puint, nominative plural puint)

  1. pound (of enclosure)
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)

  1. butt(-end)
  2. tip (of finger)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˠʊnˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

punt

  1. Alternative form of puinn

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “punt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “punt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “punt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “punt”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian puntu and/or Italian punto, from Latin punctum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /punt/

Noun

punt m (plural punti)

  1. dot, point
    Synonyms: tikka, dott, ponta
  2. point (in time or space, an item on a list etc.)
  3. point (unit of scoring in a competition)

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Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund (“pound”).

Noun

punt m (genitive singular punt, plural puint)

  1. (numismatics, unit of measure) pound

Derived terms

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “punt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʉnt/
  • IPA(key): /puɲc/ (Trøndelag dialect)

Noun

punt m (definite singular punten, indefinite plural puntar, definite plural puntane)

  1. (glassblowing) punty

Synonyms

  • puntel

Old French

Noun

punt oblique singular, m (oblique plural punz or puntz, nominative singular punz or puntz, nominative plural punt)

  1. Alternative form of pont

Romanian

Noun

punt m (plural punți)

  1. Alternative form of pfund

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • pùnt (Sutsilvan)

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

  • IPA(key): [punt]

Noun

punt m (plural punts)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) bridge

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /púnt/

Noun

pȕnt m inan

  1. revolt

Inflection

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English pund.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /pɨ̞nt/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /pɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̞nt

Noun

punt f (plural punnoedd or punnau)

  1. (numismatics) pound (sterling)
  2. (obsolete) pound (weight)
    Synonym: pwys

Mutation

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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