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scone
English
Etymology
Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö?ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sk?n, sk?n, IPA(key): /sk??n/, /sk?n/
- (General American) enPR: sk?n, sk?n, IPA(key): /sko?n/, /sk?n/
- Rhymes: -??n, -?n
Noun
scone (plural scones)
- A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
- (Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
- 1993: "A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair" by Ann Whiting Orton, Deseret News
- 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: "A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair" by Ann Whiting Orton, Deseret News
- (informal, Australia, New Zealand) The head.
- 2011 February 2, "Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman", Hawke's Bay Today
- …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.
- 2015 July 15, "Cogstate can count on rich pipeline of cognitive test trials", The Australian
- 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.
- 2011 February 2, "Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman", Hawke's Bay Today
Derived terms
- drop scone
Translations
Verb
scone (third-person singular simple present scones, present participle sconing, simple past and past participle sconed)
- (transitive, slang, Australia, New Zealand) To hit on the head.
- 2004 December 3, "Sconed by a space rock - and then the headaches started", The Sydney Morning Herald
Further reading
- scone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Cones, Cosen, Noces, SENCO, cones, cosen, econs
Middle Dutch
Adjective
scone
- Alternative spelling of schône
Scots
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch schoon (“fine”) (broot (“bread”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sk?n]
Verb
scone
- to strike the surface of something with some flat object
- to crush flat with a slap
Noun
scone (plural scones)
- a semisweet cake made of wheat or barley flour, usually large and round
- a slap with the flat of the hand
Derived terms
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scobe
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
scobe (plural scobes)
- (Ireland, slang) A chav or ned; a delinquent.
Anagrams
- becos
Latin
Noun
scobe
- ablative singular of scobis
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