"lunt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lʌnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lunts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: From Dutch lont. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|nl|lont}} Dutch lont Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunt (plural lunts)
  1. A slow-burning match or torch.
    Sense id: en-lunt-en-noun-UB8nQgFH
  2. Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
    Sense id: en-lunt-en-noun-YmGFjpM2

Verb

IPA: /lʌnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lunts [present, singular, third-person], lunting [participle, present], lunted [participle, past], lunted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: From Dutch lont. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|nl|lont}} Dutch lont Head templates: {{en-verb}} lunt (third-person singular simple present lunts, present participle lunting, simple past and past participle lunted)
  1. (Scotland) To emit smoke. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-lunt-en-verb-3q0Wp4iY Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Scotland) To walk while smoking a pipe. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-lunt-en-verb-n4GEGKc7 Categories (other): Scottish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lunt meaning in English (5.0kB)

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