Definitions For Strunt

Etymology 1

Of {{unk, en, title=obscure}} origin. Cognate with {{cog, sco, strunt, t=spirits, whisky, toddy}}.

Noun

STRUNT. (countable and uncountable, plural STRUNTs) (Scotland, uncountable) spirituous, spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink. (Scotland, countable) A drink of spirits; a dram. (UK, dialect, countable) A sulky fit; sullenness.

Derived terms

struntish strunty

Etymology 2

Compare {{cog, gmh, strunze, t=stump}}.

Noun

STRUNT (plural STRUNTs) (UK, dialectal) A tail or rump (UK, dialectal) Anything short or contracted

Etymology 3

Ultimately from {{der, en, gmw-pro, *strunt, t=dirt, filth, dung}}.

Noun

STRUNT (uncountable) (UK, dialectal, Scotland) faeces, dung (UK, dialectal) foul, foul air; a black, suffocating damp in a colliery