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# punt

«punt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, pushed along…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a punt, punts); verb (punt, punts, punted, punting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, pushed along a river with a long pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#m1)

2) (verb) To travel in a punt by pushing a pole against the river bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#m2)

3) (sport) A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it hits the ground, used in rugby, American football and Australian rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#m3)

4) (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) A bet or a guess: «take a punt on it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#m4)

5) (history, Ireland) The Irish pound, Ireland's money before the euro in 2002. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British life, people go punting on the rivers in Oxford and Cambridge. In sport, punts kick the ball long down the field. In informal speech, «I'll take a punt» means «I'll have a go» or guess. In Irish history, the punt was the currency.

### examples

- We went punting on the river in Cambridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x1)
- Push the pole down to the river bed to punt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x2)
- The kicker punted the ball down the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x3)
- I don't know the answer, but I'll take a punt: is it twelve? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x4)
- Grandad still talks about prices in punts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x5)
- The punt drifted slowly under the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/#x6)

### note

Countable noun and regular verb. «Take a punt» is informal. A punter (UK) means a customer or someone who bets; in Australia also any ordinary person. Water safety: sit still in a punt and wear a life jacket if you can't swim.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «punt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.