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dunts

dunts is the plural of dunt.

Meaning of dunt

Noun (1)

dunt (plural dunts)

  1. (Scotland) A stroke; a dull-sounding blow.
    • 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.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 274

Noun (2)

dunt (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The disease gid or sturdy in sheep.

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Questions about dunts

What is dunts the plural of?
Dunts is the plural of dunt.

Words near dunts in the dictionary

  1. Dunton
  2. Dunton Green
  3. Duntons
  4. Duntroon
  5. Duntroonian
  6. dunts
  7. dunum
  8. dunums
  9. dunun
  10. dununs
  11. Dunure

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