PUNTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does punting mean? 

• PUNTING (noun)
  The noun PUNTING has 1 sense:

1. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

  Familiarity information: PUNTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUNTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

punt; punting

Context example:

punting is an important part of the game

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)