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oons

oons is the plural of oon.

Meaning of oon

Noun

oon (plural oons)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) An oven.

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Expressing anger, surprise etc.
    • Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying—Let me go up.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
    • [H]e no sooner comprehended the nature of this shower, which in a twinkling bedewed him from head to foot, than he exclaimed, “Blood and oons! I'm afloat?”1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin of oons

Alteration of wounds.

Questions about oons

What does oons mean?
Oons means expressing anger, surprise etc.
What is oons the plural of?
Oons is the plural of oon.
What part of speech is oons?
Oons is an interjection.

Words near oons in the dictionary

  1. Oona
  2. Oonagh
  3. Oonah
  4. oonopid
  5. oonopids
  6. oons
  7. oont
  8. oonts
  9. oontz
  10. oontzy
  11. oonuclei

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