drant
See also: Drant
English
editEtymology
editFrom Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish dranntan (“hum, buzzing, growl”).
Verb
editdrant (third-person singular simple present drants, present participle dranting, simple past and past participle dranted)
- (Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To drawl; to drone.
Noun
editdrant (plural drants)
References
edit- “drant”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).
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