different between pinter vs punter

English

Etymology

pint +? -er

Noun

pinter (plural pinters)

1. (in combinations, Britain, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
2. (in combinations, Britain, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
   • 2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red (page 262)

     “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.

3. (in combinations, Britain, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.

   She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

Anagrams

• Petrin, Pitner, e-print, nipter, pre-tin, pretin, pterin, reptin, terpin

French

Etymology

pinte +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.te/

Verb

pinter

1. (informal) To get drunk

Conjugation

Further reading

• “pinter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

punt +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?/, [p???????]
• Rhymes: -?nt?(?)

Noun

punter (plural punters)

1. One who bets (punts) against the bank.
2. One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
3. One who punts a football.
4. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
5. (Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
6. (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
7. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
8. (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.

9. (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.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Translations

Anagrams

• Turpen, turnep