scone

plural scones

1. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

   On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea

   1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python

   1 more example

   Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!

   1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Reg (John Cleese)

2. Utah; Idaho; Utah; IdahoFrybread served with honey butter spread on it.

   Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.

   1993, Ann Whiting Orton, “A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair”, in Deseret News

3. AustraliaNew ZealandinformalThe head.

   …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.

   2011 February 2, “Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman”, in Hawke's Bay Today

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   After Essendon coach James Hird tumbled off his bike and hit his scone on the unforgiving South Yarra terrain on Monday night, the chances are he was administered the Cogstate concussion test.

   2015 July 15, “Cogstate can count on rich pipeline of cognitive test trials”, in The Australian

present singular third person scones · participle present sconing · participle past sconed · past sconed

1. AustraliaNew ZealandslangtransitiveTo hit on the head.

1. A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651

   ROSS: Will you to Scone? MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.

   c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 992

2. A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia