Punt
# Punt

Punt or punting may refer to:

## Boats

* Punt (boat), a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow developed on the River Thames
* Falmouth Quay Punt, a small sailing vessel hired by ships anchored in Falmouth harbour
* Norfolk Punt, a type of racing dinghy developed in Norfolk
* Cable ferry, known as a punt in Australian English

## Places

* Land of Punt, a trading partner of Ancient Egypt, considered by many scholars to be in the Horn of Africa
* Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province

## Sports and recreation

* Punt (gridiron football), a way of kicking a ball in the American or Canadian varieties of football
* Punt (Australian football), a way of kicking a ball in the Australian variety of football
* A type of goal kick in association football

## Other uses

* Punt (surname), a surname
* Punt, Punt Éireannach or Irish pound, pre-euro currency
* El Punt, a Catalan newspaper
* Punt gun, a type of extremely large shotgun, mounted directly on punt boats
* A punt or punty, a tool used in glassblowing
* A punt mark or pontil mark, left by the glassblowing tool
* Punt (wine bottle), the indented bottom of a wine bottle
* Punt, a colloquial term in British English for bet or wager in gambling
* PUNT, the Spanish acronym of the United National Workers' Party, a former political party in Equatorial Guinea
