Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word PUNTER
PUNTER
Definitions of PUNTER
- One who bets (punts) against the bank.
- One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
- One who punts a football.
- The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
- (Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
- (British, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
- (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
- (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
- (internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using PUNTER in a Sentence
- The punters either place their own bets, the sum of which must equal the banco, or one punter goes alone and wagers a stake equal to the banco themselves before the banker rolls three dice.
- Bill Lafleur, punter for San Francisco 49ers for two years; graduated from Norfolk Catholic High School in 1994.
- Pat McAfee, media personality, former punter for Indianapolis Colts, former punter/kicker West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
- Ryan Quigley - football punter who has played for the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, New York Jets, and Philadelphia Eagles.
- Shane Lechler, football punter who played for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans in the National Football League from 2000 to 2017.
- Most of the league's players were American, with "local" players tending to be converted rugby or soccer players playing at the punter or placekicker positions.
- While a student he gained national prominence as the football team's halfback and punter, and in 1934 starred on the team that broke an 11-year winless streak against the Army team.
- He attended Brownwood High School, but as Brownwood did not yet have a baseball program, he played football for the Lions from 1979–82 and won the state championship as a wingback, punter and kicker with Gordon Wood as a head coach.
- His success as a left-footed placekicker and punter earned him a scholarship offer from the University of South Carolina.
- Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio where he was an All State wide receiver and punter; he also played basketball and ran track.
- Other football alumni of the school include punter Dirk Johnson, quarterback Kyle Sloter, safety Reed Doughty, and defensive lineman Aaron Smith.
- Since leaving the DWP post, he has been recruited as an external consultant by the actuaries Punter Southall.
- Arnott's cousins, Burke and Stacey Dales, were both professional athletes; Burke was a punter for nine seasons in the Canadian Football League who also attended training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Stacey was a two-time All-American in basketball at the University of Oklahoma who played five seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association and is currently a reporter for NFL Network.
- Vanderjagt punted and played quarterback for AHC until returning to Division I football, as solely a punter and placekicker, at West Virginia University for the 1991 and 1992 seasons.
- He received a tryout for the World League of American Football (later rebranded as NFL Europe), and earned a roster position with the Amsterdam Admirals as a kicker and punter.
- He was a star at wide receiver, but also played free safety, returned kickoffs and punts, and was the team's kicker and punter.
- Later that year, Andersen returned to the NFL, re-signing with the Atlanta Falcons; Andersen was brought in to help Michael Koenen, who was at the time performing double duty as punter and kicker (an extremely rare occurrence in the NFL) missing several field goals in that capacity, and Koenen reverted to strictly punting after Andersen's signing.
- Through 1979, White was the Cowboys' punter and the backup to the team's star quarterback Roger Staubach.
- During his rookie season in 1937, Baugh played quarterback (although in Washington's formation he was officially lined up as a tailback or halfback until 1944), safety, and punter, set an NFL record for completions with 91 in 218 attempts and threw for a league-high 1,127 yards.
- With the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Gannon first played as a punter before switching to quarterback in his sophomore year.
- Dodd played college football as a quarterback, tailback, and punter for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1928 to 1930, under head coach Robert Neyland.
- He is also at risk for fumbling or muffing the kicked ball if the punter intentionally makes a high short kick to allow defenders time to hit the receiver.
- The placekicker usually will only punt when the punter is injured, and vice versa (one player often handles both jobs in the Canadian Football League, which has smaller active rosters than in the NFL).
- Professional batsmen such as Punter Humphreys and James Seymour and all-rounders such as Frank Woolley became an increasing part of Kent's success, coming together with a group of "gifted" amateurs to produce strong batting lineups.
- FCS Punter of the Year Award was created in 2019 to honor FCS punters with leadership qualities as well as outstanding statistics.
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