oont

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

oont

/ʊnt/ Australia, US, UK
/ũːt/ India
/ũːʈ/ India

Rhymes with -ʊnt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani اُونْٹ / ऊँट (ū̃ṭ, “camel”).

noun oonts

Australia, British, India, colloquial A camel. Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? / It isn't standin' up to charge nor lyin' down to fire; / But it's everlastin' waitin' on an everlastin' road / For the commissariat camel an' 'is commissariat load. / O the oont [footnote: Camel:—oo is pronounced like u as in 'bull,

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"oont." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oont. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

oont. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oont

Chicago

"oont." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oont.

BibTeX

@misc{oont_2026,
  title = {oont},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oont},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}