punter

punter

See also: Punter

English

Etymology

punt +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌn.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌn.tɚ/, [pʰʌ̃ːɾ̃ɚ]

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)

Noun

punter (plural punters)

1. One who bets (punts) against the bank.
2. One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
3. One who punts a football.
4. (Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
   • 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:

     By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...].

5. (Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

6. (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
7. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
8. (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
   • 2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed:

     He had stolen 'trannies' (transistor radios) and hub caps from cars outside the main hotels in Glasgow, turning the collection into money through dealing with a 'punter' at Charing Cross.

9. (Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
   • 2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows, page 236:

     Punters generate hundreds of information inquiries to a legitimate user's client, such as invitations to chat. […] The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Translations

One who punts a football; one who propels a punt

German: Punter (de) m

One who gambles; a speculator

Bulgarian: комарджия m (komardžija), спекулант (bg) m (spekulant) French: parieur (fr) m, parieuse (fr) f Italian: puntatore m Polish: gracz (pl) m, graczka (pl) f

One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon)

Russian: гребец (ru) (grebec)

customer

Czech: zákazník (cs) m Hungarian: kuncsaft (hu)

References

• “punter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Turpen, turnep

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /punˈte/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /punˈteɾ/

Etymology 1

From punt (“point, dot”) +‎ -er. Calque of Spanish puntero.

Noun

punter m (plural punters)

1. (graphical user interface) pointer (icon)

   Synonym: busca

2. (programming) pointer (variable)

Etymology 2

From punta (“point, tip”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

punter (feminine puntera, masculine plural punters, feminine plural punteres)

1. pointed

   Synonym: puntegut

2. (figuratively) cutting-edge

   tecnologies punteres ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

punter m (plural punters)

1. puncheon

Further reading

• “punter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “punter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “punter”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023