Definition of punt

punt

verb

To make a mistake or fail, esp. when playing a game.

I totally punted that last play.
Last edited on Feb 16 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 16 2015.
to violently kick someone a far distance or across a large space. Somewhat like kicking an American football or rugby ball.
The kid walking behind me while walking home was dragging his feet loudly, this made me want to punt him across the nearest park.

Last edited on Apr 26 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 26 2017.

verb - ambitransitive

to delay solving a problem or implementing a feature until later.
There's not enough time to fix this bug before we release. We'll have to punt it to the next version.
We may have to punt fixing the baby's crib until tomorrow due to circumstances beyond our control.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on May 12 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
to hand off responsibility for fulfilling a work-item to another person, group, portion of a computer system, etc.
We're not going to get that kind of low-level application compatibility support right now, so we'll have to punt to the runtime system.

Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb - transitive

to kick someone off of a network connection. For example: a chat room.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
for a female to use a strap-on dildo to perform anal sex on a male. The term was a runner-up in a competition by readers of Dan Savage's Savage Love column to coin a term for this. The winning term was peg. Another runner-up was bob.
- See more words with the same meaning: sex activities, practices, moves.
Last edited on Feb 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.

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