scoon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly related with shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”). Compare Danish skynde (“to hurry”).
Verb
scoon (third-person singular simple present scoons, present participle scooning, simple past and past participle scooned)
- (ambitransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
Derived terms
- schooner (possibly)
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Scoon”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.