gant

1 of 4

intransitive verb

ˈgant,

-ȧ-,

-ȯ-

-ed/-ing/-s

chiefly Scottish

: yawn

gant

2 of 4

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: yawn

gant

3 of 4

ˈgant

dialectal variant of gaunt

gant

4 of 4

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal

: to make thin or lean by insufficient feeding

I rode two nights and ganted a mule looking for a place to sleep—

Alan LeMay

—often used with up

Etymology

Intransitive verb

Middle English (Scots) ganten; perhaps akin to Old English gānian to gape, yawn, Latin hiare

Noun

Middle English (Scots) gant, from ganten

Style

“Gant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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