"rurn" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rurns [present, singular, third-person], rurning [participle, present], rurned [participle, past], rurned [past], rurnt [participle, past], rurnt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=rurnt}} rurn (third-person singular simple present rurns, present participle rurning, simple past and past participle rurned or rurnt)
  1. (dialects including Southern US, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of ruin. Tags: Southern-US, alt-of, dialectal, including, pronunciation-spelling, uncommon Alternative form of: ruin

Inflected forms

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