punter
/ˈpʌn.tə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
British usage; Slang
noun
The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] and having only peeped into a play-room at Baden-Baden when he hung on Dobbin's arm, and where, of course, he was not permitted to gamble, came eagerly to this part of the entertainment and hankered round the tables where the croupiers and the punters were at work."
- "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—[…]."
- "Punters know the house usually wins, but most have no idea that bookies sharpen their edge via something called “stake factoring”, the process by which winning customers are dialled down, while losers are allowed to bet more."
- "I was doing the Jonathan Lowrie death tour with half a dozen or so punters."
- "She's working the streets like she does every night Pulling in punters left and right"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpʌn.tə/