Dunt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dunt is a noun meaning (Scotland) A stroke; a dull-sounding blow.
Meaning
(Scotland) A stroke; a dull-sounding blow.
More Meanings
- (Scotland) To strike; give a blow to; knock.
- (UK, dialect) The disease gid or sturdy in sheep.
- (Yorkshire) Pronunciation spelling of don't.
Example Sentences
He was alive to every creak andd dunt, the thinness of the walls, as if the tenement block was a kind of aural panopticon that funnelled every sound to the other residents, let everyone eavesdrop on their business.
Syne he was the king of France, and fought hard with a whin bush till he had banged it to pieces. After that nothing would content him but he must be a bogle, for he found his head dunting on the stars and his legs were knocking the hills together.
Word Forms
- dunts
- dunting
- dunted
- dun't
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include daud, dint, dunch, duncedom, duncery, doup.
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