Punterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From punt (“a kind of boat”) + -er.

名詞

punter (plural punters)

1. One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.

語源 2

From punt (“to dropkick, especially in sports”) + -er.

名詞

punter (plural punters)

1. One who punts a football.
2. (Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
   • 2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows, page 236:

     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.

派生語

語源 3

From punt (“a point in faro, gambling, a gamble”) + -er.

名詞

punter (plural punters)

1. One who bets against the bank.
2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) One who gambles or bets.

   Hyponym: piker

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 574:

     […] 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.

   • 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:

     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— […] .

   • 2022 February 19, Rob Davies, “Revealed: how bookies clamp down on successful gamblers and exploit the rest”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.

   Synonyms: pubgoer, pubber (pub); see also Thesaurus:prostitute's client

   • 2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson & al., "Beyond the Grave", Midsomer Murders:

     I was doing the Jonathan Lowrie death tour with half a dozen or so punters.

   • 2007, “Suzanne”, in Paint it Blacker, performed by Plan B:

     She's working the streets like she does every night
     Pulling in punters left and right

   • 2016 March 7, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate):

     Everybody knows your mum is a whore / Getting 'round Piccadilly looking for willy / Punters pull up and say "don't be silly"

   • 2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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. (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
5. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
6. (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
   • 2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed:

     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.

参照

• “punter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• “punter n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• uprent, Turpen, turnep