Friday Word: Dunt

[calzephyr]

Dunt - noun or verb.

Dunt can be a noun or verb depending on its usage--basically it's a hard, firm hit or the act of striking or hitting.

Noun--"The baseball bat made a loud dunt when it hit the ball."

Verb--"I dunted him on the head."

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

Also qualifies as an onomatopoeia.

(Typographic nitpick: you’ve spelled the word “duntb” in the bolded definition—possibly because you added an extra “b” in the process of bolding?—and “Dunt(less than-slash-i-greater than)b” on your LJ mirror.)

[calzephyr]

Thanks for the catch! I fixed it on both sides.

[med_cat]

An interesting word, thank you for sharing it here ;)