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clunt

UK/klʌnt/US/klʌnt/

clunt verb: to walk in a heavy, noisy manner.

Verb

clunt (third-person singular simple present clunts, present participle clunting, simple past and past participle clunted)

  1. (dialectal) To walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
  2. (dialectal) To swallow; gulp down noisily.

Noun

clunt (plural clunts)

  1. (dialectal) A heavy, noisy gait or tread.

Forms of clunt

Verb
third-person singular presentclunts
present participleclunting
past participleclunted
pastclunted
Noun
pluralclunts

Origin of clunt

Origin obscure. Likely from Middle Low German klunden (“to rumble, make noise, swallow loudly, gurgle, speak in a gurgling manner”). Compare also Scots clunk (“to walk heavily”), where the shift from -t to -k is a regular occurrence.

Words formed from clunt

Questions about clunt

What does clunt mean?
Clunt means to walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
What part of speech is clunt?
Clunt can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce clunt?
Clunt is pronounced /klʌnt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of clunt?
The past tense of clunt is clunted.

Words near clunt in the dictionary

  1. clunking
  2. clunkingly
  3. clunkings
  4. clunks
  5. clunky
  6. clunt
  7. clunter
  8. cluntered
  9. cluntering
  10. clunters
  11. Clunton

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