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loun

loun verb: to beat; thrash.

Verb

loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal) To beat; thrash.

Noun

loun (plural louns)

  1. (Ulster) boy, youth

Forms of loun

Verb
third-person singular presentlouns
present participlelouning
past participlelouned
pastlouned
Noun
plurallouns

Origin of loun

Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).

From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).

Questions about loun

What does loun mean?
Loun means to beat; thrash.
What part of speech is loun?
Loun can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of loun?
The past tense of loun is louned.

Words near loun in the dictionary

  1. Loulou
  2. loulu
  3. loulus
  4. louma
  5. loumas
  6. loun
  7. Lound
  8. lounder
  9. loundered
  10. loundering
  11. lounderings

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