See also: Loun

English

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (to deal heavy blows on, thrash).

Verb

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loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)

  1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.

Etymology 2

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From either Scots loon (boy, lad) or Middle Dutch loen (fool, lout).

Noun

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loun (plural louns)

  1. (Ulster) boy, youth

Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Verb

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loun

  1. second-person singular imperative of lounen