Punt
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Punt may refer to:
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In boats:
- Punt (boat)Punt (boat)A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole...
, a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow developed on the River Thames - Norfolk PuntNorfolk puntThe Norfolk Punt was derived from the flat-bottomed gun punts that roamed the Broadland waters in the mid-to-late 19th century. However, at the turn of the 20th Century, in order to get to and from the hunting grounds more efficiently, the punters developed their highly unstable craft to carry a...
, a type of racing dinghy developed in Norfolk - Cable ferryCable ferryA cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or punts....
, known as a punt in Australian English
In people:
- Jos PuntJos PuntMgr. dr. Jozef Marianus Punt Mgr. dr. Jozef Marianus (Jos) Punt Mgr. dr. Jozef Marianus (Jos) Punt (*Alkmaar, January 10, 1946, is the current Roman Catholic bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam in the Netherlands.Punt became a priest on June 9, 1979 and auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Haarlem in 1995. On...
(born 1946), a Dutch bishop - Steve PuntSteve PuntStephen Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, best known for his long-time comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis. Punt lives in Wimbledon with his girlfriend and two children.-Life and career:...
(born 1962), a British comedian, of Punt and Dennis- Punt and DennisPunt and DennisPunt and Dennis are a comedy double act consisting of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.They came to public attention as one half of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, a comedy show on BBC Radio 1 which then transferred to television...
, a comedy double act consisting of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
- Punt and Dennis
- Terry L. Punt (born 1949), Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
In places:
- Land of PuntLand of PuntThe Land of Punt, also called Pwenet, or Pwene by the ancient Egyptians, was a trading partner known for producing and exporting gold, aromatic resins, African blackwood, ebony, ivory, slaves and wild animals...
, a trading partner of Ancient Egypt, whose location is now unknown - PuntlandPuntlandPuntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998....
, a region in north-eastern SomaliaSomaliaSomalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, centered on Garowe in the NugaalNugaalNugal is an administrative region in northeastern Somalia.-Overview:It is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somalian regions of Sool to the west, Bari to the north, and Mudug to the south, with the Indian Ocean to the east....
province.
Other uses:
- Punt (football)Punt (football)In some codes of football, a punt is a play in which a player drops the ball and kicks it before it touches the ground. A punt is in contrast to a drop kick, in which the ball touches the ground before being kicked....
, a way of kicking a ball - El PuntEl puntEl Punt is a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia . The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original Punt Diari .-History:...
, a Catalan newspaper - Punt, the Irish word for pound, specifically the Irish poundIrish poundThe Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...
- A tool used in glassmaking
- A punt mark or pontil markPontil markA Pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass. The presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand, while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work...
, left by the glassmaking tool - The indented bottom of a wine bottle
- Colloquial term for a bet or wager in gamblingGamblingGambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...