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单词 duntle
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duntlev.

Brit. /ˈdʌntl/, U.S. /ˈdən(t)əl/, Scottish English /ˈdʌnt(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dunt v.1, -le suffix 3.
Etymology: < dunt v.1 + -le suffix 3. Compare earlier dunkle v. and dunkle n.With sense 2b compare also dint v. 3 and later dunt n.1 1c.
Now rare.
1. transitive and intransitive. Scottish (Angus). With down. To pay (a forfeit) in a game played with a teetotum (teetotum n.1). Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Angus in 1941.Perhaps exemplifying a more general sense ‘to set something down heavily or abruptly’ in a specific context; compare the semantic development of plunk v.1 (esp. senses 2 and 4).
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1824 J. Bowick Characters 108 An' Christmas preens, sae clear and sma', The stake lay roun',—The tottum span—T. tak' them a', D. duntle down.
c1916 in Sc. National Dict. at Duntle v. The totum had four sides. marked with D, T, N, and either H or A. D = duntle een = throw down or shell out one penny, bawbee, or lucifer match.
2. colloquial.
a. transitive. To knock or drive (something) into something else. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]
swingc725
slayc825
knockc1000
platOE
swengea1225
swipa1225
kill?c1225
girdc1275
hitc1275
befta1300
anhitc1300
frapa1330
lushc1330
reddec1330
takec1330
popc1390
swapa1400
jod?14..
quella1425
suffetc1440
smith1451
nolpc1540
bedunch1567
percuss1575
noba1586
affrap1590
cuff?1611
doda1661
buffa1796
pug1802
nob1811
scud1814
bunt1825
belt1838
duntle1850
punt1886
plunk1888
potch1892
to stick one on1910
clunk1943
zonk1950
1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxx, in New Monthly Mag. Jan. 103 It was between these places that I got my head duntled into my hat.
b. transitive. With in. To mark (something) with indentations; to dent with a blow or impact. Obsolete.
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1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. Introd. p. xii His cap is duntled in: his back bears fresh stains of peat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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