English Dictionary

punter

/ˈpʌn.tə(ɹ)/

noun

One who bets (punts) against the bank. / One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon). / One who punts a football. / (Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.

The punter placed a large bet on the horse race.

意味（1）

One who bets (punts) against the bank.

意味（2）

One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).

意味（3）

One who punts a football.

意味（4）

(Australia, UK, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.

By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—….

意味（5）

(Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.

意味（6）

(climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.

意味（7）

The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.

意味（8）

(Scotland) A 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.

意味（9）

(Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.

Punters generate hundreds of information inquiries to a legitimate user's client, such as invitations to chat. […] The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.