Punt
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Punt or punting may refer to:
In boats:
- Punt (boat), a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow developed on the River Thames
- Norfolk Punt, a type of racing dinghy developed in Norfolk
- Cable ferry, known as a punt in Australian English
In people:
- Anita Punt (born 1987), New Zealand field hockey player
- Jos Punt (born 1946), Dutch bishop
- Steve Punt (born 1962), British comedian, of Punt and Dennis
- Punt and Dennis, a comedy double act consisting of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
- Terry L. Punt (born 1949), Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
In places:
- Land of Punt, a trading partner of Ancient Egypt, whose location is now unknown
- Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province.
Other uses:
- Punt (football), a way of kicking a ball
- El Punt, a Catalan newspaper
- The Punt or Punt Éireannach, also known as the Irish pound, which was the currency of the Republic of Ireland prior to its changeover to the Euro
- A tool used in glassmaking
- A punt mark or pontil mark, left by the glassmaking tool
- The indented bottom of a wine bottle
- Colloquial term for a bet or wager in gambling
- Colloquial term (British?) for seeing a prostitute
- British Colloquial term for selling something
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