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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A stroke; a blow.
  2. n. A malady characterized by staggering, observed particularly in yearling lambs.
  3. n. Palpitation.
  4. To strike; give a blow to; knock.
  5. In packing herrings, to jump upon (the head of the barrel) in order to pack it more tightly.
  6. To confuse by noise; stupefy.
  7. To beat; palpitate, as the heart.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A dull-sounding blow
  2. v. To knock with such a blow

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A blow.

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  • hernesheir Stupefied, numbed. Old provincial term from Norfolk England. "How you dunt me, saying of a mother to a crying child. A dunt sheep, one that mopes about, from a disorder in his head." --Grose's A Provincial Glossary, 1787. May 7, 2011

  • yarb Citation on blethers. Jul 10, 2009

  • bilby "Sometimes the wind dunted the doors extra hard and made them swing inward and admit a hissing draught." - from Lanark, by Alistair Gray. It appears that parts of this novel were published as early as 1969 while the definitive version is from 1981. Nov 18, 2007

‘dunt’ has been looked up 1529 times, added to 6 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 5.