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PUNTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
Example:
punting is an important part of the game
Synonyms:
punt; punting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("punting" is a kind of...):
boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Derivation:
punt (kick the ball)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb punt
