punt

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

Verb

1. 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.

Verb

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

Verb

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.

Concepts

plate

barque

dos

🔙

jeu

livre

📖

parier

péniche

pôle

barcasse

bateau plat

ponte

peniche

barge

livre irlandaise

Synonymes

pole

pound

💷

kick

bet on

Irish pound

bet

back

🔙

game

barge

stake

gage

punting

Irish punt

punty

player

pontoon

pound sterling

punts

quid

recoil

row

scow

small boat

sterling

strike

wager

kick back

dropkick

gavelock

attack with the foot

flat boat

puntee

pole a boat

base

boot

👢

dugout

ferry

⛴️

flatboat

flat-bottomed boat

gamble

hit

iron rod

knock

lighter

oar

play

Traductions

chiatta

batea

vlet

barchino

Stocherkahn

stoßen

impulsionar

puntata

aventurar

Barkasse

Rempler

xut al vol

Stechkahn

Zille

ماعونة

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pʌnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.