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lunted

lunted is the simple past and past participle of lunt.

Meaning of lunt

Verb

lunt (third-person singular simple present lunts, present participle lunting, simple past and past participle lunted)

  1. (Scotland) To emit smoke.
    • 18th c, Robert Burns, The Twa Dogs, 1822, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, page 28,
      The lunting pipe, and sneeshing mill, / Are handed round wi' right gude-will;
  2. (Scotland) To walk while smoking a pipe.
    • “Lunting?” interrupted Julie, eyebrow raised.
      Grimbledung shrugged, “It's a good and proper word”, he raised an eyebrow back, "it just doesn't get used that much."
      Julie smirked, “Go on then, with your lunting.”
      He let out a sigh. "As I was saying, I was sitting there when a Minotaur came lunting...2014, Robert P. Wills, Tales From A Second Hand Wand Shoppe, Book 1: They Were the Best of Gnomes, They Were the Worst of Gnomes, page 278

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Questions about lunted

What is lunted the simple past and past participle of?
Lunted is the simple past and past participle of lunt.

Words near lunted in the dictionary

  1. Lunsfords
  2. Lunsmann
  3. lunt
  4. Luntai
  5. Luntal
  6. lunted
  7. lunting
  8. lunts
  9. Luntschitz
  10. Lunu
  11. lunula

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