A representation of the sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas; a representation of the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
noun
The sound made by a sudden release of steam or gas; the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
pout
pout
noun
(rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Alternative form of poult
One's facial expression when pouting.
verb
(Scotland) To shoot poults.
(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
(intransitive) To push out one's lips.
(intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
(transitive) To say while pouting.
prut
punt
punt
noun
(Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
(glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
(nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
(rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
A point in the game of faro.
A wild guess.
An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
verb
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
(colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
(colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
(colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
(figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
(nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
(rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
(soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
puto
puto
noun
(Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
puts
puts
noun
plural of put
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of put
putt
putt
noun
(Britain, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
(golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
(onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
verb
(golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.
(motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
Obsolete form of put.
To make a putting sound.
To move along slowly.
putz
putz
noun
(slang, derogatory) Fool, idiot.
(slang, derogatory) Jerk.
A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
verb
(Pennsylvania Dutch) To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood.
(slang) Waste time.
sput
sput
noun
An annular reinforcement in a steam boiler, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
supt
supt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of sup
tapu
tapu
noun
Alternative form of taboo
toup
tump
tump
noun
(Britain, rare) A mound or hillock.
(uncommon) A tumpline.
verb
(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
(intransitive, Southern US) To fall over.
(transitive) To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.
(transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")