gant
1 of 4intransitive verb
ˈgant,
-ȧ-,
-ȯ-
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly Scottish
: yawn
gant
2 of 4noun
"
plural -s
chiefly Scottish
: yawn
gant
3 of 4ˈgant
dialectal variant of gaunt
gant
4 of 4transitive verb
"
-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 Alan LeMay
Word History
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