scoon

S1C3O1O1N1

verb

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

Scrabble 7

Meanings

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

present singular third person scoons · participle present scooning · participle past scooned · past scooned · alternative scon · alternative scun

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

Origin

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

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APA

scoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoon

MLA

“scoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scoon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoon.

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