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kent

verbnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //kɛnt//

A shepherd's staff.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of kensimple past and past participle of ken

noun

  1. 1

    A shepherd's staff.

  2. 2

    A pole or pike.

  3. 3

    slangcunt.

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

verb

  1. 1

    To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Forms

plural
kents
past tense
kented
past participle
kented
present participle
kenting
third person singular
kents
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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