drant

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verb

To drawl; to drone.

OriginScots drant ← Scottish Gaelic dranndan →
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Meanings

drant1

verbdrant (third-person singular simple present drants, present participle dranting, simple past and past participle dranted)

present singular third person drants · participle present dranting · participle past dranted · past dranted

  1. ScotlandambitransitivedialectalTo drawl; to drone.
noundrant (plural drants)

plural drants

  1. ScotlanddialectalA droning tone.

Drant2

proper nounDrant (plural Drants)

plural Drants

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicdranndan
  2. Scotsdrant
  3. Englishdrant

From Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish drantán (“hum, buzzing, growl”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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