Punt

Punt

Punt can mean the following:

* A type of boat
**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
* Punt (football), a way of kicking a ball
* Land of Punt, a fabled site in eastern Africa that was the source of many exotic products
* Punt, the indentation on the bottom of a wine bottle
* the Irish word for pound, specifically the Irish pound
* "El Punt", a Catalan newspaper

People

* Jos Punt (1946– ), a Dutch bishop
* Steve Punt (1962– ), a British comedian, of Punt and Dennis


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