scoon
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related with shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”). Compare Danish skynde (“to hurry”).
Verb[edit]
scoon (third-person singular simple present scoons, present participle scooning, simple past and past participle scooned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
Derived terms[edit]
- schooner (possibly)
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.