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How to use punter in a sentence

24 example sentences · noun

Punter means one who rows or poles a punt or pontoon. Example: “If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want.”

Examples of punter by meaning

nounOne who gambles or bets.

  • Punters know the house usually wins, but most have no idea that bookies sharpen their edge via something called “stake factoring”, the process by which winning customers are dialled down, while losers are allowed to bet more.2022 February 19, Rob Davies, “Revealed: how bookies clamp down on successful gamblers and exploit the rest”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

nounA 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.2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders
  • The number of UK pubs is falling and there is less consensus about how punters should behave.2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

nounA 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.2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed

More sentences with punter

  • If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want.From the entry punters
  • Littlermania is real, the Ally Pally punters lapping up every second of his performance here.2025 January 3, Kieran Gill, “Littler a game from glory after crushing win”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 69. From the entry Littlermania
  • Sometimes a punter will outkick his coverage, but the majority of the time there's some decision-making involved.2018, John Powers, Fridays with Bill: Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick. From the entry outkick one's coverage
  • He shut down his spotlight and was relieved to depart with the punters.2016, James C. Lee, The End of the Pier. From the entry super trouper
  • But when the punter outkicked his coverage, White decided to disobey his coach's orders and run with the ball.2022, Tyler Bridges, Five Laterals and a Trombone. From the entry outkick one's coverage
  • If they dragged these unsuspecting punters in with the music, the album's content would certainly make them think.2019 March 14, Sara Hawys Roberts, Leon Noakes, Withdrawn Traces: Searching for the Truth about Richey Manic, Foreword by Rachel Edwards…. From the entry route-one
  • Plans and files were removed to the Southampton office a week ago so they'd be available to prospective punters.2008, Minette Walters, Acid Row, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry Portakabin
  • In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London. From the entry neck
  • The long snap typically travels anywhere from 12 and 15 yards, depending on the alignment of the punter.2006, Coach Education, Coaching Football Technical & Tactical Skills. From the entry long snap
  • At each table stood a young, slim, poker-faced croupier serving the punters who anxiously watched the turning of the cards.2004, Tim Hatton, Tock Tock Birds: A Spider in the Web of International Terrorism, page 284. From the entry floor
  • Well, likesay. . . he's no a bad punter.1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 50. From the entry ah
  • The whopping sum will now be up for grabs on Tuesday when punters will have another chance to trouser the lifechanging amount.2022 July 17, “LUCKY NUMBERS Euromillions - £191million jackpot rolls over AGAIN with whopping cash prize up for grabs on Tuesday”, in The…. From the entry trouser
  • It might be June, but Yulefest was a great money spinner in the Mountains with the punters wanting a pretend White Christmas.2015, D.B. Tait, Cold Deception. From the entry Yulefest
  • Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book. From the entry long snapper
  • But most of all to you the punters for showing me that you CAN be bothered and that DT WAS worth something to you.2004 December 12, Taoist, “[Setlist] Dark Trix Dec 11th 2004 - the Final One!”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet). From the entry dark alternative
  • Punters put up with all this for the thrill of seeing someone perform live – not for a ghoulish sanitised projection, soullessly banging out the hits.2019 February 24, Barbara Ellen, “Amy Winehouse could belt out a tune – her naff hologram can’t”, in The Guardian. From the entry bang out
  • Essentially, punters who played the placecards — usually in a local pub — had to pick a placegetter in each of the four feature races on a Saturday.2011, Nichola Garvey, Beating the Odds, unnumbered page. From the entry placegetter
  • Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.2005, The Spectator, volume 299, page 49. From the entry swede
  • I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 38. From the entry soak
  • He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157. From the entry sp

Meaning of punter

  1. noun One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.
  2. noun One who punts a football.
  3. noun A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.

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Questions about punter in a sentence

How do you use punter in a sentence?
Punter is used as a noun. For example: “If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want.”
What is a short sentence with punter?
“Well, likesay. . . he's no a bad punter.”
What does punter mean?
Punter means one who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.

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