A punt play is less common in American football than a pass or running play.
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Punt
//pʌnt//
Synonyms for "punt" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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11 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
15 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
13 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
59 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- залагане noun (bet or wager)
- плоскодънна лодка noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- залагам verb (to gamble)
Catalan
1 entries- xut al vol noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 撑船 verb (propel a punt with a pole)
Czech
4 entries- kop z ruky noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
- pramice noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- odpichovat bidlem verb (propel a punt with a pole)
- sázet verb (to gamble)
Dutch
4 entries- gok noun (bet or wager)
- punt noun (point in the game of faro)
- vlet noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- weddenschap noun (bet or wager)
Egyptian
1 entries- p-wn:n-t:N25 name (Translations)
Finnish
4 entries- jokivene noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- lentopotku noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
- ruuhi noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- veto noun (bet or wager)
German
3 entries- Stocherkahn noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- staaken verb (propel a punt with a pole)
- stochern verb (propel a punt with a pole)
Hebrew
1 entries- פּוּנְטִית noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
Hungarian
1 entries- ladik noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
Irish
4 entries- cic noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
- lasc noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
- leastar noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- log noun (indentation in the base of a wine bottle)
Italian
4 entries- barchino noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- indentazione noun (indentation in the base of a wine bottle)
- puntata noun (point in the game of faro)
- puntata noun (bet or wager)
Latin
1 entries- scapha noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
Marathi
1 entries- पुंट name (Translations)
Māori
2 entries- waka kōporo noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- toko verb (propel a punt with a pole)
Russian
3 entries- плоскодонка noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- рисковать verb (to gamble)
- ставить verb (to gamble)
Spanish
4 entries- batea noun (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole)
- patada al vuelo noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
- picada noun (indentation in the base of a wine bottle)
- volea podal noun (a kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground)
Swedish
1 entries- vad noun (bet or wager)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
They have no choice but to punt.
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We traveled down the river in a punt.
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Near-synonym: pontoon
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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