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单词 dunt
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dunt

1
[ duhnt, doont ]
/ dʌnt, dʊnt /
Scot.

noun

a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.

verb (used with object)

to strike, especially with a dull sound.

Origin of dunt

1
1375–1425; late Middle English; cognate with Swedish dunt dint

Words nearby dunt

Dunsany, Dunsinane, Duns Scotus, Dunstable, Dunstan, dunt, Duntroon, duo, duobinary, duodecagon, duodecastyle

Definition for dunt (2 of 2)

dunt2
[ duhnt ]
/ dʌnt /

verb (used without object)

(of ceramic ware) to crack because of excessively rapid cooling.

Origin of dunt

2
Origin uncertain
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Example sentences from the Web for dunt

  • Dunt (sometimes dunch), to strike or butt like a cow or goat with the head.

    English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
  • Every chap went through my breast like the dunt of a fore-hammer.

    The Life of Mansie Wauch|David Macbeth Moir
  • A certain lame old man (of Armagh) was nicknamed 'Dunt the pad (path').

    English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for dunt

dunt
/ (dʌnt, dʊnt) Scot and Northern English dialect /

noun

a blow; thump
the injury caused by such a blow

verb

to strike or hit

Word Origin for dunt

C15: perhaps variant of dint
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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