Noun

1. A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

Verb

1. To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground.
2. To gamble, to place a bet.
3. To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
4. To retreat from one's objective.
   • ca. 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick and C. Michael Pilato, Version Control with Subversion

     Punting: Using svn revert

     If you decide that you want to throw out your changes and start your edits again (whether this occurs after a conflict or anytime), just revert your changes

Noun

1. A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Contrast drop kick.

Etymology 3

Noun

1. A point in the game of faro.
2. A bet or wager.
3. An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
4. A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.

Noun

1. point

   Door twee punten gaat precies één rechte.

   Through two points one can draw exactly one straight line.

2. mark
3. full stop, period

   Punt, gedaan.

   Full stop, finished. / That’s it, period.

   Aan het einde van een zin hoort een punt of een ander leesteken.

   At the end of a sentence there belongs a full stop or another punctuation sign.

4. dot

   Een ypsilon, zonder puntjes.

   A wye, without dots on it.