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scoon

scoon verb: to skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.

Verb

scoon (third-person singular simple present scoons, present participle scooning, simple past and past participle scooned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.

Forms of scoon

third-person singular presentscoons
present participlescooning
past participlescooned
pastscooned
alternative formscon
alternative formscun

Origin of scoon

Possibly related with shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”). Compare Danish skynde (“to hurry”).

Words formed from scoon

Questions about scoon

What does scoon mean?
Scoon means to skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
What part of speech is scoon?
Scoon is a verb.
What is the past tense of scoon?
The past tense of scoon is scooned.

Words near scoon in the dictionary

  1. scooching
  2. scooching over
  3. scoodie
  4. scoodies
  5. scoog
  6. scoon
  7. scooned
  8. Scoones
  9. scooning
  10. scoons
  11. scoop

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