Oont

Quick meaning: Oont is a noun meaning (British India, Australia, colloquial) A camel.

Meaning

(British India, Australia, colloquial) A camel.

Example Sentences

Ugliness must not be confused with inutility. Most parts of Northern India and Jammu are infested with Oonts and in the dry sandy regions of Rajasthan and Kutch Oonts proliferate.

A baggage camel is expected to carry from 220 to 270 kilograms. Ours are bearing less than half that, yet all day long they whinge like the sound of their own name in Marwari language, the onomatopoeic "oont". [...] And I can't hear the dashboard clock just his graphically salacious gurglings whenever Rocky [a camel] is down-whiff of a female oont.

[M]ost people are aware of their presence, and are likely to harbor opinions (mostly negative) about feral livestock. A few words pertaining to these animals have been coined or adopted to enrich the national vocabulary. [...] Oont, an appellation for camel, was introduced from British India in the nineteenth century and is now of historical interest only.

'It's a trap!' A furious Goad shouted to the Highlanders: 'Bastards knew it was coming! Grab an oont, lads, one each, lead 'em on!' Seizing headropes they began hauling their animals towards the defile mouth. Gripping the halter just under his camel's jaw to avoid being bitten Colin was nearly swung off his feet as blood ran from its flank. Bullet – or flying chip of rock?

Word Forms

• oonts

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include camel, nanto, dromedary, cameloid, ourang, oromerycid.

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