punter
/ˈpʌntə
/noun
1 informal, chiefly British A person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment.The Isle of Man now allows US punters to gamble in online casinos based on the island, the NY Times reports....
- The internet is a major gambling hall for punters where they play poker bingo cards whatever; gamblers even get to play lotto online.
- This means that the average punter's investments will do worse than the average performance of the market over any given time frame.
Synonyms
gambler, backer, staker, speculator;
North American bettor
informal plunger
North American informal high roller
Australian/New Zealand informal spieler
1.1A customer or client, especially a member of an audience.Roux then grandstands and takes off his team blazer and tie and puts it up for auction - apparently at the request of a punter in the audience....
- The spa is open only to residents, so there's no sharing your thermal dunks with pay-and-play punters or ‘club members’.
- Once upon a year not that long ago, a young man sat in a pub telling a wide-eyed audience of punters all about his skiing holiday.
Synonyms
customer, client, patron;
buyer, purchaser, shopper, consumer, user, visitor, guest;
member of the audience/crowd;
(punters) clientele, patronage, audience, following, trade, business, market
British informal bums on seats
1.2A prostitute’s client.The law could be changed to make more severe punishment for ‘illegal’ street prostitutes and their punters....
- It would take prostitution off the streets and into a safer environment for both the prostitutes and the punters.
- Police believe the killer was probably a punter and had used prostitutes in the area before.
Synonyms
customer, client, kerb-crawler
informal john, trick, score
2 American Football & Rugby A player who punts.You run timed drills in a specific task like punting or run stopping where you only get to control the relevant player like the punter or middle linebacker....
- He played quarterback, strong safety, punter and placekicker at North Central High School in Kiln, Missisippi, for his father, Irvin.
- In Bengals history, there have been some effective players named Johnson, including punter Lee and running back Pete.
3A person who propels or travels in a punt.
Rhymes
- scholarliness
- scholarly
- scholarship
- scholar's mate
- scholastic
- scholastically
- scholasticism
- scholiast
- scholiastic
- scholium
- school
- schoolable
- school age
- school attendance
- school bass
- school bell
- school board
- school board visitor
- schoolbook
- schoolboy
- schoolboy code
- schoolboy code of honor
- schoolboy code of honour
- schoolboy crush
- schoolboy days