- strunt
- intransitive verb Etymology: by alteration Date: 1786 Scottish strut
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strunt
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Strunt — Strunt, n. Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
strunt — /strunt, stroont/, Scot. and North Eng. n. 1. the fleshy part or stump of a tail, esp. of a horse s tail. v.t. 2. to cut short, esp. to dock (the tail of a horse or sheep). [1600 10; nasalized var. of STRUT2; cf. Norw strunta to walk stiffly] * * … Universalium
strunt — • fåneri, fånigheter, dumheter, galenskaper, strunt … Svensk synonymlexikon
strunt — I. ˈstrənt, ru̇nt noun ( s) Etymology: obsolete English strunt, adjective, stubby, perhaps alteration of English stunt (I) 1. chiefly Scot & dialect England : the stump of a tail 2. chi … Useful english dictionary
Strunt, der — * Der Strunt, des es, plur. car. ein im Hochdeutschen unbekanntes, nur im Niederdeutschen gangbares Wort, wo es den Koth oder Dreck in allerley Verstande bedeutet; Holländ. Stront, Ital. Stronzo, Franz. Etron, Schwed. Strunt. Daher ist… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
strunt — I Cleveland Dialect List the tail II North Country (Newcastle) Words the tail or rump; strunty any thing short or contracted styth foul air; a black suffocating damp in a colliery … English dialects glossary
Strunt — Rheiderland / Ostfriesland • Dreck … Plattdeutsch-Hochdeutsch
strunt — I s ( en, ar) obetydlig person II s ( et) småsak, i sms äv. inbilsk och löjeväckande, struntförnäm , struntviktig III s ( en, ar) årsskott av gran el. tall … Clue 9 Svensk Ordbok
Strunt — Strunt1 up de Strât, Wichter2 ût n Hûse, see de Vaar as sîn beide Dochters tômâl trauden3. – Bueren, 1070; Hoefer, 1097. 1) Koth, Schund. 2) Mädchen. 3) Heirathen … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
strunt — the tail or rumpj ab A. S. STEORT, STERT j Belg. STERT, STEERT ; Teut. STERTZ, cauda : vel a Belg. STRONT ; Fr. & Gr. ESTRON ; Ital. STRONZO, stercus, per metonym. adjunct!. Skinner … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
