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Origin and Etymology of gant
Middle English (Scots) ganten; perhaps akin to Old English gānian to gape, yawn, Latin hiare
Origin and Etymology of gant
Middle English (Scots) gant, from ganten
Definition of gant
-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
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