There's a sense that leaders around the state would rather punt the issue of high school sports … than make a difficult decision.Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME)
: to defer a decision about something—often used with on
According to the report, the consensus for now appears to be to punt on whether an invention conceived of by AI is eligible for patent protection … Chethan K. Srinivasa… while Congress continues to punt on the issue, four states passed ballot initiatives in 2014 to raise the minimum wage and cities across the country have committed to or already done the same. Katie McDonough
: a concave indentation in the bottom of a wine bottle
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
origin unknown
Noun (2)
Middle English *punt, from Old English, from Latin ponton-, ponto
Noun (3)
Irish, pound, from English pound
Verb (3)
French ponter, from ponte point in some games, play against the banker, from Spanish punto point, from Latin punctum — more at point
Noun (4)
probably a shortening of punt mark or a similar collocation with punt "metal rod used in fashioning hot glass" (shortened from punty), referring to the mark left by the rod in a piece of blown glass