"clunter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklʌn.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklʌn.tɚ/ [US] Forms: clunters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch clonter (modern Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”), an extension of Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”), related to Middle Low German klunter, klünter (“lump”), German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”), Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|clonter}} Middle Dutch clonter, {{cog|nl|klonter|t=lump, clod}} Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”), {{der|en|dum|clont|t=shapeless mass, clump}} Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”), {{cog|gml|klunter}} Middle Low German klunter, {{cog|nds-de|Klunter|t=clump, clod}} German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”), {{cog|stq|Kluntje|t=sugar cube}} Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clunter (plural clunters)
  1. (dialectal) A large mass or lump. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-noun-jRslxP8s
  2. (dialectal) A clod of earth. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-noun-rykM4MMk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clunther Derived forms: clunterbush, clunterhead Related terms: cluntish
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈklʌn.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklʌn.tɚ/ [US] Forms: clunters [plural]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Cognate with Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”). Perhaps from Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”); alternatively, from clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{cog|sco|clanter|t=to make a clattering noise}} Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”), {{inh|en|enm|clondren|t=to drone, hum}} Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”), {{suf|en|clunt|-er|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to walk noisily; tread heavily}} clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|gml|klunderen|t=to rumble, make a noise}} Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clunter (plural clunters)
  1. (dialectal) Clatter, noise. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-noun-KoWT8-Rd
  2. (dialectal) Confusion. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-noun-jXzbtxxI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clunther, clointer, clonter
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈklʌn.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklʌn.tɚ/ [US] Forms: clunters [present, singular, third-person], cluntering [participle, present], cluntered [participle, past], cluntered [past]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch clonteren (“to clot”), whence Dutch klonteren (“to become lumpy”). Cognate with West Frisian klonterje (“to become lumpy”), German Low German kluntern (“to curdle”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|clonteren|t=to clot}} Middle Dutch clonteren (“to clot”), {{cog|nl|klonteren|t=to become lumpy}} Dutch klonteren (“to become lumpy”), {{cog|fy|klonterje|t=to become lumpy}} West Frisian klonterje (“to become lumpy”), {{cog|nds-de|kluntern|t=to curdle}} German Low German kluntern (“to curdle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clunter (third-person singular simple present clunters, present participle cluntering, simple past and past participle cluntered)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal) To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle. Tags: dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-verb-leF~lOOh
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To assemble clumsily. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-verb-eBph-nU7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 7 4 31 41 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative): 6 7 15 10 17 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 4 8 7 15 47 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 8 7 11 59 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈklʌn.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklʌn.tɚ/ [US] Forms: clunters [present, singular, third-person], cluntering [participle, present], cluntered [participle, past], cluntered [past]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Cognate with Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”). Perhaps from Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”); alternatively, from clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{cog|sco|clanter|t=to make a clattering noise}} Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”), {{inh|en|enm|clondren|t=to drone, hum}} Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”), {{suf|en|clunt|-er|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to walk noisily; tread heavily}} clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|gml|klunderen|t=to rumble, make a noise}} Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clunter (third-person singular simple present clunters, present participle cluntering, simple past and past participle cluntered)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal) To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily. Tags: dialectal, intransitive Derived forms: clunterer, clunterfoot
    Sense id: en-clunter-en-verb-4dElMI3p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clunther, clointer, clonter
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clunterbush"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clunterhead"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "klonter",
        "t": "lump, clod"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "clont",
        "t": "shapeless mass, clump"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "klunter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German klunter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Klunter",
        "t": "clump, clod"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Kluntje",
        "t": "sugar cube"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch clonter (modern Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”), an extension of Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”), related to Middle Low German klunter, klünter (“lump”), German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”), Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”).",
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      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "A large mass or lump."
      ],
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          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) A large mass or lump."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
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        "A clod of earth."
      ],
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          "clod"
        ],
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          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dialectal) A clod of earth."
      ],
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        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clunther"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clunter"
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "klonteren",
        "t": "to become lumpy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch klonteren (“to become lumpy”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "t": "to curdle"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German kluntern (“to curdle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cluntering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cluntered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cluntered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle."
      ],
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        ],
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          "clot"
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          "coagulate",
          "coagulate"
        ],
        [
          "curdle",
          "curdle"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, dialectal) To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "_dis": "4 4 8 7 11 59 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        "To assemble clumsily."
      ],
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        [
          "assemble",
          "assemble"
        ],
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          "clumsily",
          "clumsily"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal) To assemble clumsily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clunter"
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "klunderen",
        "t": "to rumble, make a noise"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cluntering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cluntered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cluntered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clunter (third-person singular simple present clunters, present participle cluntering, simple past and past participle cluntered)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "clunterer"
        },
        {
          "word": "clunterfoot"
        }
      ],
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        "To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily."
      ],
      "id": "en-clunter-en-verb-4dElMI3p",
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        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "tread",
          "tread"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, dialectal) To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklʌn.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "word": "clunther"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "clointer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "clonter"
    }
  ],
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        "Confusion."
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        "(dialectal) Confusion."
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "clonter"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative)",
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      "word": "clunterbush"
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    }
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        "To assemble clumsily."
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        "(transitive, dialectal) To assemble clumsily."
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        "Confusion."
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        "(dialectal) Confusion."
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    {
      "word": "clunther"
    },
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      "word": "clointer"
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      "word": "clonter"
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}

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