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The punters are putting all their money on United to win the
cup. 2 fellow, chap, person, individual, man or woman in the
street; customer, client, buyer, Colloq guy, Brit bloke, geezer:
The average punter likes a beer now and then.
puny adj. 1 small, little, insignificant, petty, unimportant,
inconsequential, paltry, trivial, trifling, minor, negligible,
nugatory, of little or no account, inferior, worthless, useless,
Colloq piddling, Slang Brit not much cop: Farr's contribution
to the success of the business was really quite puny. 2 small,
little, diminutive, tiny, minute: Mattson looks so puny
alongside that sumo wrestler. 3 weak, feeble, frail, sickly,
weakly, underfed, undernourished, undersized, underdeveloped,
stunted, dwarf, midget, pygmy: You cannot expect such a puny
chap to lift such a great weight.
pup n. puppy, whelp, upstart, whippersnapper, popinjay, cub,
jackanapes, show-off, braggart: That young pup had the gall to
tell me I was too old to be running the company.
pupil n. student, learner, scholar, schoolchild, schoolgirl,
schoolboy, disciple, apprentice; beginner, novice, neophyte,
tiro or tyro, Chiefly ecclesiastical catechumen: A number of
Geoffrey's former pupils have organized a dinner to honour him.
puppet n. 1 hand puppet, finger-puppet, glove puppet, doll;
marionette, string puppet: The children built a little theatre
and put on a puppet show. 2 figurehead, cat's-paw, pawn, dupe,
tool, hireling, yes-man Colloq front (man), Slang stooge,
sucker, patsy: He is without authority and is merely a puppet
of the drug dealers. The army of occupation set up a puppet
government to rule the country.
purchase v. 1 buy, acquire, procure, obtain, get, secure, pay for: He
recently purchased a new personal computer and cannot get it to
work. Not long ago, a shilling purchased a loaf of bread. 2 win,
gain, achieve, realize, attain, obtain: His liberty was
purchased by the betrayal of his colleagues.
--n. 3 acquisition, acquiring, buying, purchasing, obtaining,
securing, procurement: The purchase of books for the university
library is the responsibility of Monica Turnbull. 4 buy,
acquisition: Tom returned from the shop carrying his purchases.