trant

Meanings

Verb

• To walk; go about.
• To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
• To turn; play a trick.

Noun

• A turn; trick; stratagem.

Origin

• From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten ("to step, walk"), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant-. Cognate with West Frisian trantsje ("to step, step time; dance, jump"). Compare also Dutch drentelen ("to saunter").
• From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant ("a step"), from tranten. Cognate with Dutch trant ("style, manner fashion, mode"), Swedish trant ("a step").