Punt vs Back - What's the Difference?

Back

Punt

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • (football) a person who plays in the backfield
  • the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
  • (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
  • a support that you can lean against while sitting
  • the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
  • the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
  • the side that goes last or is not normally seen
  • the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Definition as Noun
  • 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
  • (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
Definition as Verb
  • travel backward
  • cause to travel backward
  • support financial backing for
  • be in back of
  • shift to a counterclockwise direction
  • strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  • establish as valid or genuine
  • place a bet on
  • be behind; approve of
  • give support or one's approval to
Definition as Verb
  • kick the ball
  • place a bet on
  • propel with a pole
Definition as Adjective
  • related to or located at the back
  • of an earlier date
  • located at or near the back of an animal
Definition as Adjective
Definition as Adverb
  • in or to or toward a former location
  • in or to or toward an original condition
  • in reply
  • in repayment or retaliation
  • at or to or toward the back or rear
  • in or to or toward a past time
Definition as Adverb

Synonyms

Examples

  • "the back yard"; "the back entrance"
  • "back issues of the magazine"
  • "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
  • "she went back to her parents' house"
  • "he went back to sleep"
  • "he wrote back three days later"
  • "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"
  • "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
  • "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  • "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
  • "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
  • "the book had a leather binding"
  • "his back was nicely tanned"
  • "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  • "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
  • "the fall broke his back"
  • "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
  • "back the car into the parking spot"
  • "back this enterprise"
  • "My garage backs their yard"
  • "the wind backed"
  • "Can you back up your claims?"
  • "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
  • "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
  • "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
  • "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
  • "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

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See also

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