punter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).

2. 2

   One who punts a football.

3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      One who bets (punts) against the bank.

   2. 5

      One who gambles or bets.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a…

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

      • She's working the streets like she does every night / Pulling in punters left and right
      • Everybody knows your mum is a whore / Getting 'round Piccadilly looking for willy / Punters pull up and say "don't be silly"
      • The number of UK pubs is falling and there is less consensus about how punters should behave. Here’s a guide to getting the most out of a trip to the boozer[.]
   4. 7

      A beginner or unskilled climber.

   5. 8

      The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.

   6. 9

      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.

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