pʊnt pʌnt pʌnt steɪk (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground the punt traveled 50 yards punting is an important part of the game place a bet on Which horse are you backing? I'm betting on the new horse propel with a pole pole barges on the river We went punting in Cambridge kick the ball an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence