punt

(pənt)

in. to do something different in a pinch; to improvise. (From the act of kicking the ball in order to gain ground in football.) Everyone expected me to lose my temper, so I punted. I cried instead of getting mad.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hesekiel	HE-se-kee-el	Finnish (Rare)
Paris (1)	PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)	Greek Mythology
Amihan	-	Filipino, Hiligaynon
Roselle	-	French (Rare)
Allan	['ælən]
Hathor	HAHTH-awr (English)	Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)