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cluntering

cluntering is the present participle and gerund of clunter.

Meaning of clunter

Verb (1)

clunter (third-person singular simple present clunters, present participle cluntering, simple past and past participle cluntered)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To assemble clumsily.

Verb (2)

clunter (third-person singular simple present clunters, present participle cluntering, simple past and past participle cluntered)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily.

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Questions about cluntering

What is cluntering the present participle and gerund of?
Cluntering is the present participle and gerund of clunter.

Words near cluntering in the dictionary

  1. clunks
  2. clunky
  3. clunt
  4. clunter
  5. cluntered
  6. cluntering
  7. clunters
  8. Clunton
  9. Cluny
  10. Cluny lace
  11. Cluny laces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cluntering (page history and authors); clunter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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