Punt

Punt or punting may refer to:

Places

• Land of Punt, a trading partner of Ancient Egypt based in the Horn of Africa region.
• Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province.

Sports and recreation

• Punt (gridiron football), a way of kicking a ball in the American or Canadian varieties of football
• Punt (Australian football), a way of kicking a ball in the Australian variety of football
• Kicking the ball high in the air towards the opposite side of the field by the goaltender in soccer/association football.
• 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
• El Punt, a Catalan newspaper
• Punt gun, a type of extremely large shotgun, mounted directly on punt boats

Other uses

• Punt (surname), a surname
• The Punt or Punt Éireannach, also known as the Irish pound, which was the currency 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
• Punt, a colloquial term in British English for bet or wager in gambling.