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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).
Verb[edit]
loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.
Etymology 2[edit]
From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).
Noun[edit]
loun (plural louns)
Anagrams[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Verb[edit]
loun
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