loun

See also: Loun

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).

Verb

loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)

1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.

Etymology 2

From either (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).

Noun

loun (plural louns)

1. (Ulster) boy, youth

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Luxembourgish

Verb

loun

1. second-person singular imperative of lounen