Etymology

scoon

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Today it means: To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water. Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.