Definition of punter
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Examples of punter in a Sentence
He was one of the greatest punters in NFL history.
Effective marketing means getting the punters to buy what you want them to buy.
The sale attracted more than 1,000 punters.
Recent Examples of punter from the Web
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Leading the last group of active players selected is Texans punter Shane Lechler at No.
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San Diego State’s search for a punter covered two continents.
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Four Gators made second-team All-SEC — receiver Antonio Callaway, defensive end CeCe Jefferson, punter Johnny Townsend and kicker Eddy Pineiro.
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Oregon State's Nick Porebski is one of 29 players on the watch list for the Ray Guy Award given annually to the nation's best punter.
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The Tigers also brought in a walk-on punter, Aidan Marshall, who was rated as the No.
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Austin Rehkow was a kicker and punter at Idaho, finishing in the top seven nationally in punting each of his first three seasons with the Vandals.
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The NFL record of 352 consecutive games is held by punter Jeff Feagles, who had to kick only a few times a game, 16 times a year.
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Kevin Rutledge, a former Sun Devil punter, filed a lawsuit in September 1979 seeking damages against Kush and others associated with the football program.
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First Known Use of punter
circa 1706
PUNTER Defined for English Language Learners
punter
playDefinition of punter for English Language Learners
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American football : a player whose job is to punt the ball
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: someone who makes a bet
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: a person who goes on a river, canal, etc., in a long, thin boat (called a punt)
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