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lunting

lunting is the present participle and gerund 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 lunting

What is lunting the present participle and gerund of?
Lunting is the present participle and gerund of lunt.

Words near lunting in the dictionary

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

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