scoon

English

Alternative forms

• scon, scun

Etymology

Possibly related with shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”). Compare Danish skynde (“to hurry”).

Verb

scoon (third-person singular simple present scoons, present participle scooning, simple past and past participle scooned)

1. (ambitransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.

Derived terms

• schooner (possibly)

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Scoon”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Coons, coons