punt
/pʌnt/ noun C2- A bet or wager. · Anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
Plural punts
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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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