clunt

C3L1U1N1T1
UK/klʌnt/

verb

To walk in a heavy, noisy manner.

OriginMiddle Low German klunden →
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Meanings

verbclunt (third-person singular simple present clunts, present participle clunting, simple past and past participle clunted)

present singular third person clunts · participle present clunting · participle past clunted · past clunted

  1. dialectalTo walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
  2. dialectalTo swallow; gulp down noisily.
nounclunt (plural clunts)

plural clunts

  1. dialectalA heavy, noisy gait or tread.

Origin

  1. Middle Low Germanklunden“to rumble, make noise, swallow loudly, gurgle, speak in a gurgling manner”
  2. Englishclunt

Origin obscure. Likely from Middle Low German klunden (“to rumble, make noise, swallow loudly, gurgle, speak in a gurgling manner”). Compare also Scots clunk (“to walk heavily”), where the shift from -t to -k is a regular occurrence.

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APA

clunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clunt

MLA

“clunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clunt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clunt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clunt.

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