Sekirov Dictionary

strunt

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

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(Scotland) Spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink.
- Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, / They parted aff careerin / Fu' blythe that night. — 1785
(Scotland) A drink of spirits; a dram.
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(dialect, UK) A sulky fit; sullenness.
- Wow, man, that's unco sad! --Is that ye'r jo Has ta'en the strunt! — 1720
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(dialect, UK) A tail or rump
- S a pretty little dog! 's a pretty little doggy! — ay! — yes! — he is, yes! — Wag thy strunt, then! Wag thy strunt, Rexie! — 1961
(dialect, UK) Anything short or contracted

verb1

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To walk boldly.
- "Upo' the hill" the callan cries, "She cock'd her gaucy runt; An' to Strathfallan green Burn-brae, Fu' nimbly she did strunt. — 1789

forms

strunted · strunting · strunts

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