• Dunt

    Origin

    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").

    Full definition of dunt

    Noun

    dunt

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

    Verb

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