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punt

/puhnt/US // pʌnt //UK // (pʌnt) //

淘金者,推断,淘淘,淘气

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.Compare drop kick, place kick.
    • : a small, shallow boat having a flat bottom and square ends, usually used for short outings on rivers or lakes and propelled by poling.
    • : Glassmaking. kick.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Football. to kick before it touches the ground.
    • : to propel by thrusting against the bottom of a lake or stream, especially with a pole.
    • : to convey in or as if in a punt.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to punt a football.
    • : to propel a boat by thrusting a pole against the bottom of a river, stream, or lake.
    • : to travel or have an outing in a punt.
    • : Informal. to equivocate or delay: If they ask you for exact sales figures, you'll have to punt.

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Examples

  • His critics complained that too often, it meant run, run, pass on third down and either move the chains or punt.

  • The Bucs got the ball at their 30 following a 27-yard punt by the Chiefs’ Tommy Townsend.

  • The Heisman Trophy winner caught 105 passes for 1,641 yards and 20 touchdowns this season, and he also scored a touchdown on a punt return.

  • This time, the Browns got the ball back on a Steelers punt, rather than a turnover, but the result was eventually the same.

  • Rivera said he is sticking with punt returner Steven Sims — who has fumbled punts in the past two games — saying he was watching Sims catch live punts on the fields outside his window while on the teleconference.

  • “Cunt punt” earned her mentions on The Daily Show, and a place in the Urban Dictionary.

  • Punt Return Brings 49ers Closer How did San Francisco score so much in such little time, you ask?

  • If you thought Lucy was going to get into the Thanksgiving spirit and finally let Charlie Brown punt that football, think again.

  • For you, Saturn trining Neptune is a wake-up call to document ideas, first, and then punt them out into the universe.

  • And yet when confronted with a bona fide epidemic in its southern desert, Arizona has chosen to punt.

  • Looking round the long table he saw the Comte de Lussigny sitting in the punt.

  • He knew she was quite capable of handling the punt, even in the rapids, so he merely growled his acquiescence.

  • Twas irresistible––to be accomplished with the fool of Twist Tickle and his clever punt.

  • Twas by him reported that a maid of gentle breeding had come alone in a punt to Topmast in the night.

  • He says he is determined to learn to row, and to swim, and to punt, and to fish.