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raccoon
English
Alternative forms
- racoon [from 17th c.]
- rarowcun [17th c.]
- r'coon (colloquial contraction)
Etymology
From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkun?m (“he scratches with his hands”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???ku?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ?kun/, /???kun/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Noun
raccoon (plural raccoons)
- A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 64:
- Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect:
- The Rackoone is a deepe furred beast, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tower.
- 2010, Charlie Brooker, "Screen Burn", The Guardian, 3 Apr 2010:
- Thus we're presented with […] a man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon, then bleeds to death in a forest.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 64:
- Any mammal of the genus Procyon.
- Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
- Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
Synonyms
- (Procyon lotor): coon (colloquial), common raccoon, North American raccoon, northern raccoon, trash panda
Derived terms
- coon
- coon dog
- coonhound
- Cozumel raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus)
- crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
- in a raccoon's age / in a coon's age
- pygmy raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus)
- raccoon butterfly (Chaetodon fasciatus)
- raccoon butterflyfish, (Chaetodon lunula)
- raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
- raccoon eyes
Translations
Anagrams
- carcoon
raccoon From the web:
- what raccoons eat
- what raccoons eat in the wild
- what raccoons know
- what raccoons hate
- what raccoons look like
- what raccoons eat for food
- what raccoons do
- what raccoons sound like
mom
English
Alternative forms
- mam
- Mom
- mum, Mum (Australian, British, Irish)
Etymology
Abbreviation of momma.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?m/
- (US) enPR: m?m, IPA(key): /m?m/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /m?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
mom (plural moms)
- (Canada, US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother.
- (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.
Verb
mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming or moming, simple past and past participle mommed or momed)
- (informal) To care in a motherly way.
Usage notes
- "Mom" is capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun:
- I think Mom likes my new car.
- I think my mom will like you.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Mother’s Day
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
Anagrams
- MMO
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)
- mask
- a specific kind of beer
Derived terms
- mombakkes
- mommer
- vermommen
Nisenan
Noun
mom
- water
References
- Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m????/
Etymology
Compare Mandarin ? (mào).
Noun
mom
- hat
mom From the web:
- what moms want for christmas
- what mommy
- what moms like
- what momentum
- what moms love
- what momma don't know waterboy
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