dunt

¹ American  

[duhnt, doont] / dʌnt, dʊnt /

noun

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

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verb (used with object)

1. to strike, especially with a dull sound.

dunt ² American  

[duhnt] / dʌnt /

verb (used without object)

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

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dunt British  

/ dʌnt, dʊnt /

noun

1. a blow; thump

2. the injury caused by such a blow

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verb

1. to strike or hit

Etymology

Origin of dunt¹

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

Origin of dunt²

Origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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dunt

"Gude be thankit!" says I, at the doctor's front door, As I pu'd like mischeef at the bell; But my he'rt gae a dunt at the story that runt O' a hoose-keeper body'd to tell.

From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie

Ne'er draw your dirk when a dunt will do.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Ne'er saddle nor munt again, harness nor dunt again, Wat ne'er shall hunt again, ne'er see his hame.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

But, man! the dunt that she cam doon wi’ when she struck!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson

He laughed with a pleasing slyness, and gave me a dunt with his elbow on the side, a bit of the faun, a bit of the father, a bit of my father's friend.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

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