Punted vs Munted - What's the difference?
punted | munted |
(punt)
(rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer) to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.
* As a colloquialism, 'So I punted' means the speaker chose the best alternative among a menu of non-ideal choices.
(soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
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To retreat from one's objective.
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(rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Contrast drop kick.
A point in the game of faro.
The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
A bet or wager.
An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
(glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
(British, chiefly, Ireland) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
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(figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
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(British, slang) Drunk.
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(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Intoxicated (by drugs or alcohol).
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, by extension) Damaged or unusable.
* 2011 , Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch, to TVNZ (wryly) following a severe earthquake:
As a verb punted
is past tense of punt.As an adjective munted is
drunk.punted
English
Verb
(head)punt
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), probably from (etyl)Etymology 2
Possibly a dialectal variant of (bunt); Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.Verb
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Derived terms
* drop punt * punt returner * punter * torpedo puntNoun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) ponte or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She heard of his punting at gaming tables.
citation, isbn=9780750658980 , page=339 , passage=Whether you want to gamble on a horse race, bet on which player will score first in a game of football, have a punt on a particular tennis player winning a grand slam event, you are buying a chance, a chance which is measured in terms of probability, ‘the odds’.}}
citation, passage=Eriksson's men still worth a punt }}
citation, passage=Australians have a reputation for being keen to bet on two flies climbing up a wall and today young ones often take a casual classroom punt }}
Etymology 4
From (etyl) punt, from (etyl) pund.Noun
(en noun)munted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ...he might even, if it was okay with Roly, bring a couple of cans of lager to drink: "Only two though, I don't wanna get munted and useless..."
- Paul began to walk home, looking for a taxi. Michael called. "Hey, it's my birthday, dude! Let's get munted !"
- ..."Our main sewer [trunk] is seriously munted ... I believe that is the technical term."
, NZ Herald on line edition, 22-25 February 2011 (see 09:46)