drant

See also: Drant

English

Etymology

From Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish drantán (“hum, buzzing, growl”).

Verb

drant (third-person singular simple present drants, present participle dranting, simple past and past participle dranted)

  1. (Scotland, dialect, ambitransitive) To drawl; to drone.

Noun

drant (plural drants)

  1. (Scotland, dialect) A droning tone.

References

  • “drant”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
  • Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

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