noun
Meaning 1
One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
punter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌn.tə/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphʌn.tə]
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/ˈpɐ̞n.tə/ without nt-flapping
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[ˈphɐ̞n.tə] ~ [ˈphɐ̞n.tɐ̝] without nt-flapping
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/ˈpɐ̞n̆.ə/ nt-flapping
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[ˈphɐ̞n̆.ə] ~ [ˈphɐ̞n̆.ɐ̝] nt-flapping
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/ˈpʌn.tɚ/ without nt-flapping
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[ˈphʌn.thɚ] ~ [ˈphʌn.thɹ̩] without nt-flapping
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/ˈpʌɾ̃.ɚ/ nt-flapping
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[ˈphʌɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈphʌɾ̃.ɹ̩] nt-flapping
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rhymes with -ʌntə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P AH1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who punts a football.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 4
One who bets against the bank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who gambles or bets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pubgoer, pubber, all-nighter, curb crawler, fare, gonk, jane, jockey, john, kerb crawler, monger, muttonmonger, punter, score, short-timer, solicitor, steamer, trick, wapping cove, whoremaster, whoremonger
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A beginner or unskilled climber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 8
The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 10
someone who bets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bettor, better, wagerer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gambler
Narrower terms: taker, caller
noun
Meaning 11
(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kicker
noun
Meaning 12
someone who propels a boat with a pole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boatman, boater, waterman
History
Etymology
From punt (“a kind of boat”) + -er.
From punt (“to dropkick, especially in sports”) + -er.
From punt (“a point in faro, gambling, a gamble”) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: гребец (grebec) — One who oars or poles a punt or pontoon
- German: Punter — One who punts a football; one who propels a punt
- Bulgarian: комарджия (komardžija) — One who gambles; a speculator
- Bulgarian: спекулант (spekulant) — One who gambles; a speculator
- Czech: sázkař — One who gambles; a speculator
- French: parieur — One who gambles; a speculator
- French: parieuse — One who gambles; a speculator
- Italian: puntatore — One who gambles; a speculator
- Polish: gracz — One who gambles; a speculator
- Polish: graczka — One who gambles; a speculator
- Russian: лудик (ludik) — One who gambles; a speculator
- Russian: лудоман (ludoman) — One who gambles; a speculator
- Czech: zákazník — customer
- Hungarian: kuncsaft — customer
Real reading context