noun, verb — 7 senses
UK /ˈklʌn.tə/ · US /ˈklʌn.tɚ/
Etymology From Middle Dutch clonter (modern Dutch klonter (“lump, clod”), an extension of Middle Dutch clont (“shapeless mass, clump”), related to Middle Low German klunter, klünter (“lump”), German Low German Klunter (“clump, clod”), Saterland Frisian Kluntje (“sugar cube”).
Dialectal A large mass or lump.
Dialectal A clod of earth.
Etymology From Middle Dutch clonteren (“to clot”), whence Dutch klonteren (“to become lumpy”). Cognate with West Frisian klonterje (“to become lumpy”), German Low German kluntern (“to curdle”).
Dialectal To become lumpy, run in clots; to coagulate, curdle.
Dialectal To assemble clumsily.
Etymology Origin obscure. Cognate with Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”). Perhaps from Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”); alternatively, from clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”).
Dialectal To make noise with the feet while walking; to tread heavily.
Etymology Origin obscure. Cognate with Scots clanter (“to make a clattering noise”). Perhaps from Middle English clondren (“to drone, hum”); alternatively, from clunt (“to walk noisily; tread heavily”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle Low German klunderen (“to rumble, make a noise”).
Dialectal Clatter, noise.
Dialectal Confusion.
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