punt
/pʌnt/ verb C2- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
He/she/it punts · Past punted · Past participle punted · -ing form punting
Verb forms
- Base form
- punt
- He/she/it
- punts
- Past
- punted
- Past participle
- punted
- -ing form
- punting
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Stevenson is fast enough, but he couldn’t drop from the twenty-five line, and a three-quarter who can’t either punt or drop isn’t worth a place for pace alone.
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