Topic: AMERICAN FOOTBALL
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Sense: 1
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | PUNT12 |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from punt 'to hit, push' (1800-1900). |
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punt2
1 [intransitive and transitive]DLOTTW to go on a river in a punt
2 [transitive]DSA
a) in rugby or American football, to drop the ball from your hands and kick it : 
He punted the ball 40 yards.
He punted the ball 40 yards.b) to kick a ball hard so that it goes a long way
