Dunt Definition

noun

(Scotland) A stroke; a dull-sounding blow.

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verb

(Scotland) To strike; give a blow to; knock.

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Other Word Forms of Dunt

Noun

Singular:
dunt
Plural:
dunts

Origin of Dunt

  • From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”).

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