/tɹænt/
OriginFrom Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).
- intransitiveTo walk; go about.
- intransitiveTo traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
- intransitiveTo turn; play a trick.
- A turn; trick; stratagem.
Formstrants(present, singular, third-person) · tranting(participle, present) · tranted(participle, past) · tranted(past) · traunt(alternative) · trants(plural) · Trants(plural)