cooning
/ˈkuːnɪŋ/
cooning noun: racoon hunting. Also the present participle and gerund of coon.
Noun
cooning (uncountable)
- Racoon hunting.
- At this time, cooning in the remote interior is a famous pastime. As this animal is entirely nocturnal in its habits it is hunted only at night.1876, John Burroughs, Winter Sunshine, part 1, Hurd and Houghton, page 76
- But if he [the dog] strikes a trail, you presently hear...loud and repeated barking as he reaches the foot of the tree in which the coon has taken refuge. Then follows a pellmell rush of the cooning party up the hill, into the woods, through the brush and the darkness1875, John Burroughs, Winter Sunshine, part 2, Kessinger Publishing (2004), pages 72–73
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cooning is also the present participle and gerund of coon.
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Questions about cooning
- What does cooning mean?
- Cooning means racoon hunting.
- What part of speech is cooning?
- Cooning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cooning?
- Cooning is pronounced /ˈkuːnɪŋ/.
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