Inflected forms: punt·ed, punt·ing, punts 1.Games To lay a bet against the bank, as in roulette. 2.Chiefly British Slang To gamble.
ETYMOLOGY:
French ponter, from obsolete pont, past participle of pondre, to put (obsolete), to lay an egg, from Old French, to lay an egg, from Latin pnere. See apo- in Appendix I.
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