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Vinony

blunt

noun

  1. cigar filled with cannabis
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verb

  1. to make less effective, not sharp
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adjective

  1. candid, frank
  2. to make less effective, not sharp
L20975 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /blʌnt/ / /blʊnt/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

  1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

    “The murderous knife was dull and blunt.”

    “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.”

  2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

    “His wits are not so blunt.”

  3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

    “I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.”

    “a plain, blunt man”

  4. Hard to impress or penetrate.

    “December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.”

  5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

name

Etymology: Two possible origins: * From Anglo-Norman blunt (“blond”), a nickname for someone with fair hair or a light complexion. * From Middle English blunt (“dull, stupid”), a nickname for a stupid person.

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A minor city in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

  1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
  2. A short needle with a strong point.
  3. A marijuana cigar.

    “[…] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!””

  4. Money.

    “Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…]”

  5. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).

  1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  2. To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

    “It blunted my appetite.”

    “My feeling towards her have been blunted.”