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)

(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

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