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. (transitive, intransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.

Derived terms

• schooner (possibly)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Coons, coons