punt
/pʌnt/ verb C2- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- To eject; to kick out of a place.
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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