punt
Example Sentences
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He was named team MVP his senior year and finished his college career with nine interceptions and 40 pass deflections, as well as one punt return for a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times
USC is still working to identify its top kickoff and punt return options.
From Los Angeles Times
The talks ultimately failed, though punting those unworkable demands had allowed them to proceed.
On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.
The appoint of Igor Tudor, a coach with an indifferent record at many clubs, smacked of a punt made in panic.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
