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dunk,
dunk [dʌŋk]
n. A mouldy dampness.
adj. Dank, moist, damp.
donk, duink, dunk,
dunk [I.Ork. dʌŋk, døŋk]
n. A bump.
v. To make a bumping movement up and down.
Dunkeld, Dunkell,
Dunkeld [dʌnˈkɛl(d)]
pn. Dunkeld (Perth and Kinross).
Delap, Dulap, Dulap, Dunlap,
Dunlap [də(n)ˈlap]
pn. Dunlop (Ayrshire).
Dinnad, Dunnet,
Dunnet [ˈdʌnət, NN.b. ˈdɪnəd]
pn. Dunnet (Caithness).
 
Dunnet Heid
pn. Dunnet Head.
dunnie, dunny,
dunnie [ˈdʌnɪ]
n. Underground cellars and passages.
Dinnin, Dunnin, Dunnin$,
Dunnin [ˈdʌnɪn, ˈdɪnɪn]
pn. Dunning (Perth and Kinross).
Dunce, Duns,
Duns [ˈdʌns, ˈdʌnz]
pn. Duns (Berwickshire).
dankle, dint, dunckle, duncle, dund, dunkle, dunt, duntan, dunted, dunter, dunther, duntin, duntit, duntle, duntle_doun, puffie, puffie_dunter, puffiedunter, puffie-dunter, puffy, puffy_dunter, puffydunter, puffy-dunter, rousle-dunt,
dunt [dʌnt]
n. A heavy, dull-sounding blow or stroke, a knock. The wound caused by such a blow. A dent. A throb, thump, quickened beat of the heart.
v. To beat, strike, thump, bump, knock, so as to produce a dull sound. Of the heart: to throb, to beat rapidly, to palpitate.
pt. pp. duntit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dunter: Something or someone who dunts. The porpoise Phocaena phocaena. I. The eider duck Somateria mollissima.
duntin: Knocking, beating etc.
duntle doun, dunkle doun [ˈdʌŋkl dun]: SN. To sit down heavily or to pay a forfeit.
dunkle [ˈdʌŋkl]: WC. SWC. To dent or make a slight hollow or depression in something.
get the dunt: To be knocked out. To be sacked from a job.
in a stowen dunt: Suddenly and unexpectedly.
lat dunt: Let it be known.
puffy dunter dim. puffie: The porpoise Phocaena phocaena.
rousle dunt: Potato bread made with oatmeal.
the verra dunt: The very thing.
 
See dint also.
Dunoon, Dunuin, Dunune,
Dunuin [dʌnˈøn]
pn. Dunoon (Argyll and Bute).

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