āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to punt
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āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to propel or navigate a flat-bottomed boat, known as a punt
Intransitive: to punt | to punt somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Tourists often punt through the picturesque canals of the city.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to kick the ball a long distance in soccer in an attempt to change field position
Transitive: to punt the ball
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The quarterback decided to punt the ball deep into the opponent's territory to reset the field position.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ
a method of kicking the ball where it is dropped from the hands and kicked before it hits the ground
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The rugby player opted for a tactical punt to relieve pressure on their defensive line.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛āĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
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āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
