Dound
/duːnd/noun
A dull, heavy sound or blow; also, to make such a sound.
Did you know?Dound belongs to a family of expressive, sound-mimicking words in Scots and English, where the word’s blunt rhythm imitates the heavy impact it describes.
Etymological Timeline
Early Germanic
Germanic
*dunt-
“A reconstructed sound-symbolic root associated with a dull удар or thudding impact; the exact reconstruction is uncertain.”
Middle English
English
dunt
“A blow, stroke, or dull thudding sound.”
Middle English
English
dound
“A dialectal or sound-based variant associated with a heavy noise or beating.”
16th–18th Century
Scots
dound
“A dull, heavy sound; a thud or reverberating blow.”
Modern English
English
dound
“A rare Scots or dialect word meaning to make a dull noise, or the noise itself.”