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gaboon

/ɡəˈbuːn/

gaboon is the alternative form of goboon.

Meaning of goboon

Noun

goboon (plural goboons)

  1. (colloquial) A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.
    • He came into the limelight during segregation when a falling goboon brought with it a shower of something else and he earned the name of Reiny and a black N five stars.1923, Lucky Bag (U.S. Naval Academy yearbook) for 1923, entry for "Dwight Harvey Day", p. 75

Proper noun capitalized: Gaboon

Gaboon

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of Gabon.

Noun capitalized: Gaboon

Gaboon (plural Gaboons)

  1. A Gaboon viper.

Forms of gaboon

pluralgaboons
pluralGaboons

Words formed from gaboon

Phrases with gaboon

Questions about gaboon

What does gaboon mean?
Gaboon means a Gaboon viper.
What is gaboon the alternative form of?
Gaboon is the alternative form of goboon.
What part of speech is gaboon?
Gaboon can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce gaboon?
Gaboon is pronounced /ɡəˈbuːn/.

Words near gaboon in the dictionary

  1. Gabon
  2. Gabon viper
  3. Gabon vipers
  4. Gabonese
  5. Gabonese Republic
  6. gaboon
  7. Gaboon adder
  8. Gaboon adders
  9. Gaboon chocolate
  10. Gaboon forest frog
  11. Gaboon forest frogs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaboon (page history and authors); Gaboon (page history and authors); goboon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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