▪ I. clunt, n. dial.
[see clunch, and cf. Du. klont, EFris. klunt clod, lump, heavy clumsy loud-stamping foot.]
A heavy noisy tread, a clump.
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▪ II. clunt, v. dial.
[cf. prec. and the frequentative clunter 3.]
To walk in a heavy noisy manner.
Hence clunter n., ‘an unnimble stumbler’ (Thoresby Lett. to Ray 1703).