strunt (countable and uncountable, plural strunts)
(Scotland, uncountable) Spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink.
(Scotland, countable) A drink of spirits; a dram.
(UK, dialect, countable) A sulky fit; sullenness.
strunt (plural strunts)
(UK, dialectal) A tail or rump
(UK, dialectal) Anything short or contracted
strunt (uncountable)
(UK, dialectal, Scotland) faeces, dung
(UK, dialectal) Foul air; a black, suffocating damp in a colliery
Source: Wiktionary
Strunt, n.
Definition: Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
