oont
/ʊnt/
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India/ũːt/
oont noun: a camel.
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Noun
oont (plural oonts)
- A camel.
- Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? / It isn't standin' up to charge nor lyin' down to fire; / But it's everlastin' waitin' on an everlastin' road / For the commissariat camel an' 'is commissariat load. / O the oont [footnote: Camel:—oo is pronounced like u as in...1892, Rudyard Kipling, “Oonts (North India Transport Train)”, in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 27
- Very badly wounded man—inaccessible position—stretcher-parties all out of sight—aeroplane can't land for any first-aid nor to pick up the casualty—excellent problem and demonstration. That oont [footnote: Camel.] will simplify it, though. [...] You bring the beast up—you'll be able to ride most of...1914, Percival Christopher Wren, “Vultures and Luck—Good and Bad”, in Snake and Sword: A Novel, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co. […], →OCLC, part III (The Saving of a Soul), page 308
Examples of oont in a sentence
- That oont [footnote: Camel.] will simplify it, though. [...] You bring the beast up—you'll be able to ride most of the way if you zig-zag, and lead him most of the rest.1914, Percival Christopher Wren, “Vultures and Luck—Good and Bad”, in Snake and Sword: A Novel, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and...
- Most parts of Northern India and Jammu are infested with Oonts and in the dry sandy regions of Rajasthan and Kutch Oonts proliferate.1969, C. L Proudfoot, “All about Oonts”, in The LOH (Lady of the House), Bombay: Thacker, →OCLC, page 78:
- Grab an oont, lads, one each, lead 'em on!' Seizing headropes they began hauling their animals towards the defile mouth.2004, James Macdonald, “Tribals”, in Visions of Snows: A Tale of Highlanders and War, Hertford, Hertfordshire: Authors OnLine, →ISBN, page...
- It was located in the Oont Bazaar (Camel Market) area and was separated from Dubai proper by a creek.2014, S. Hussain Zaidi, “Despair in Dubai”, in My Name is Abu Salem, Gurgaon, Haryana, India: Penguin Books India, →ISBN:
Forms of oont
| plural | oonts |
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Origin of oont
Borrowed from Hindustani اُونْٹ / ऊँट (ū̃ṭ, “camel”).
Words that rhyme with oont
Questions about oont
- What does oont mean?
- Oont means a camel.
- How do you use oont in a sentence?
- That oont [footnote: Camel.] will simplify it, though. [...] You bring the beast up—you'll be able to ride most of the way if you zig-zag, and lead him most of the rest.
- What part of speech is oont?
- Oont is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oont?
- Oont is pronounced /ʊnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oont?
- The plural of oont is oonts.
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