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punter¹

  • /ˈpʌn.tə/ UK
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tə] UK
  • /ˈpɐ̞n.tə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpɐ̞n̆.ə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpʌn.tɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɹ̩] US
  • /ˈpʌɾ̃.ɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -ʌntə(ɹ)

noun punters

  1. One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.

punter²

  • /ˈpʌn.tə/ UK
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tə] UK
  • /ˈpɐ̞n.tə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpɐ̞n̆.ə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpʌn.tɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɹ̩] US
  • /ˈpʌɾ̃.ɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -ʌntə(ɹ)

noun punters

  1. One who punts a football.
  2. Internet A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room. 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.

punter³

  • /ˈpʌn.tə/ UK
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tə] UK
  • /ˈpɐ̞n.tə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n.tɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpɐ̞n̆.ə/ Australia
  • [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ə] ~ [ˈpʰɐ̞n̆.ɐ̝] Australia
  • /ˈpʌn.tɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌn.tʰɹ̩] US
  • /ˈpʌɾ̃.ɚ/ US
  • [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈpʰʌɾ̃.ɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -ʌntə(ɹ)

noun punters

  1. One who bets against the bank.
  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang One who gambles or bets. […] and having only peeped into a play-room at Baden-Baden when he hung on Dobbin's arm, and where, of course, he was not permitted to gamble, came eagerly to this part of the entertainment and hankered round the tables where the croupiers and the punters were at work.
  3. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute. I was doing the Jonathan Lowrie death tour with half a dozen or so punters.

    Similar: pubgoer, pubber, all-nighter, curb crawler, fare, gonk, jane, Jane, jockey, john, kerb crawler, monger

  4. A beginner or unskilled climber.
  5. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
  6. Scotland A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bettor, wagerer, better, guy, penciler, player, gambler, banker, pouncer, oddsman, bookie, kicker, peculator, oddsmaker, horseplayer, book

Translations

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noun One who oars or poles a punt or pontoon

Русскийгребец grebec

noun One who punts a football; one who propels a punt

DeutschPunter

noun One who gambles; a speculator

Françaisparieur, parieuse
Italianopuntatore
Русскийлудик ludik, лудоман ludoman

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@misc{punter_2026,
  title = {punter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/punter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}