Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to punt
Participle: punted
Gerund: punting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | punt |
| you | punt |
| he;she;it | punts |
| we | punt |
| you | punt |
| they | punt |
Perfect
| I | have punted |
| you | have punted |
| he;she;it | has punted |
| we | have punted |
| you | have punted |
| they | have punted |
Past
| I | punted |
| you | punted |
| he;she;it | punted |
| we | punted |
| you | punted |
| they | punted |
Pluperfect
| I | had punted |
| you | had punted |
| he;she;it | had punted |
| we | had punted |
| you | had punted |
| they | had punted |
Future
| I | will punt |
| you | will punt |
| he;she;it | will punt |
| we | will punt |
| you | will punt |
| they | will punt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have punted |
| you | will have punted |
| he;she;it | will have punted |
| we | will have punted |
| you | will have punted |
| they | will have punted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | punt |
| you | punt |
| he;she;it | punt |
| we | punt |
| you | punt |
| they | punt |
Perfect
| I | have punted |
| you | have punted |
| he;she;it | have punted |
| we | have punted |
| you | have punted |
| they | have punted |
Imperfect
| I | punted |
| you | punted |
| he;she;it | punted |
| we | punted |
| you | punted |
| they | punted |
Pluperfect
| I | had punted |
| you | had punted |
| he;she;it | had punted |
| we | had punted |
| you | had punted |
| they | had punted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would punt |
| you | would punt |
| he;she;it | would punt |
| we | would punt |
| you | would punt |
| they | would punt |
Perfect
| I | would have punted |
| you | would have punted |
| he;she;it | would have punted |
| we | would have punted |
| you | would have punted |
| they | would have punted |
Imperative
| you | punt |
| we | Let's punt |
| you | punt |
Verbs conjugated like 'punt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'punt'
bunt,
dunt,
hunt,
lunt,
munt,
pant,
pult,
pun,
punk,
put,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "kick," 1845 (n. and v.), first in a Rugby list of football rules, perhaps from dialectal
punt "to push, strike," alteration of Midlands dial.
bunt "to push, butt with the head," of unknown origin, perhaps echoic. Student slang meaning "give up, drop a course so as not to fail," 1970s, is because a U.S. football team punts when it cannot advance the ball.
2. From Old English punt, 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. See: Latin '
pontō'.
Sample Sentences
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At the dump he emptied the station wagon quickly and only once punted a bag of refuse, exploding it like a pinata at a Mexican Christmas. [1975, Barry Targan, Harry Belten and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, page 133:]
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He even hated pets—I once saw him punt a cat. [2019, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, We Cast a Shadow, One World, →ISBN, page 100:]
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With five minutes remaining Hennessey was down well to block another Vukcevic shot, while Gunter was smartly in to punt away the dangerous loose ball. [2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:]
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The briefer reported it had been terminated on orders from Secretary Schlesinger, but attributed this to a sense Shamrock produced little, not to the fact it had been discovered. The NSA briefer punted on whether Fort Meade had been reading Americans' private messages, ... [2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 91:]
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The federal government has punted bringing forward extraordinary immigration powers that just weeks ago it was saying were so urgent they needed to be rushed through the parliament. [2024 May 16, Brett Worthington, “Labor delays bid for extraordinary immigration powers despite claims of urgency”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:]
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Punting: Using svn revert¶ If you decide that you want to throw out your changes and start your edits again (whether this occurs after a conflict or anytime), just revert your changes [ca. 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, C. Michael Pilato, “Basic Work Cycle”, in Version Control with Subversion:]
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The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access. [2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows, page 236:]
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If you want to join this riot, we urge you to! You wont have to worry about being TOSed or reported because there will be no Guides online! So do whatever you want—punt, scroll, tos, just turn AOL into a war zone! [2003, Michael Newton, The Encyclopedia of High-tech Crime and Crime-fighting, AOL Riot on June 1, 1998, page 21:]