Punt

/pʌnt/

Synonyms for "punt" (80 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

Verb(2 words)
backbet on
Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (24)

catch a crabcovercruisercut a crabdrop kickfadefeatherfeather an oarferrygamblegive wayhazardkickkicking
Noun(8 words)
deferdelayflat-bottom craftgambleirish poundirish puntkickkicks
Verb(2 words)

Related words (40)

kneelaylay a wagerlay downmake a betmeet a betpacepaddleparlaypassplace kickplayplay againstplungeply the oarpullrowrow awayrow dryscull
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seeship oarsshootsky an oarspeculatestakestand patwager
Verb(2 words)
Noun(10 words)
poled boatpostponepoundpropelpunt boatpuntingpushspeculatespeculationspeculative bet

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More general

17 entries
Irish monetary unitbetboatbootdecision makingimpelinvestmentkickkickingmove by waterplaypropelrisk takingspeculationwager

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

13 entries
air puntbetdeferralend over end punthigh risk puntonside puntpolingpooch puntpostponementriver puntsea puntshort term puntspeculate

Collocations

11 entries
blocked puntonside puntpooch puntpunt boatpunt downfieldpunt formationpunt kickpunt on the issuepunt the ballriver punttake a punt

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A punt play is less common in American football than a pass or running play.

Source: tatoeba (8977935)

They have no choice but to punt.

Source: tatoeba (10322416)

We traveled down the river in a punt.

Source: tatoeba (10322478)

Near-synonym: pontoon

Source: wiktionary

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