To attempt something half-heartedly, or to try and do something without any guarantee of success (at least in the near-term).
I'm going to punt a couple of job applications tomorrow. We'll see how that goes...
1.A small bout with a rod.
2.To kick something before hitting the ground.
And, PUNT!
The state or quality of being a Puntite (someone who hails from Puntland, the autonomous regional state at the tip of the Horn)
their puntness was on point
The 2nd Monday in December marks the point in the holiday season where it’s borderline acceptable to begin punting work meetings to early January. This “power move” demonstrates your acknowledgement that the peace and joy of the holiday season is not to be interrupted by needless, end-of-year meetings, zoom calls and town halls.
“My manager asked me to schedule a full team meeting to go over 4th quarter sales figures, but F-that! It’s National Punt Day so I’m going to push the meeting out till January and go shopping!”
Used as the name of a vague sexual act, most often to cover up the fact that one's claims about his or her sex life are contrived.
"Dude, I totally hooked up with that girl from across town again last night! It was pretty kinky."
"Oh really? What'd you do?"
"What'd I do? Oh, um, dude, I was totally...punting the snail."
The season around the end of the year where one puts off doing work related tasks and punts them into the start of the new year.
"The boss wants us to complete the project before the end of the yeaer."
"Are they crazy?! It's punting season! We're not doing that project until AT LEAST April next year."