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jon | skeet |

As a proper noun Jon

is a given name derived from Hebrew, a spelling variant of John.

As a noun skeet is

a form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

As a verb skeet is

to shoot or spray (used of fluids).

jon

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a spelling variant of John.
  • * 1920 : In Chancery: Awakening:
  • In that summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon', or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little '''Jon''' had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John, not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name ' Jon .
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  • * 1994 , The Cunning Man , Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 16:
  • "I suppose I ought to call you Uncle Jack now." "Please don't. My name is Jonathan, and I've never had a nickname. Doesn't go with my character. So, Uncle Jon - if you must."
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    skeet

    English

    Etymology 1

    Pseudoarchaic alteration of (shoot), perhaps with reference to Old Norse ."skeet." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 01 Jun. 2013. .

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
  • (countable, poker) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
  • (uncountable, slang, African American Vernacular English) The ejaculation of sperm.
  • (nautical) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
  • (countable, Newfoundland, slang) A loud, disruptive and poorly educated person.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shoot or spray (used of fluids).
  • (African American Vernacular English) To ejaculate.
  • Synonyms
    * squirt
    Quotations
    * 2004, Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618526412&id=z_Pvxz9iRJ0C&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&sig=xDf759LIfxpSur7qIAQk1rPrgy4] *: ‘Aoow! You skeeted the water right in my ear. It’s busted my eardrum. I can’t even hear.’ *: ‘Gimme here. Let me skeet some.’ * 2004, Camika C Spencer, He Had It Coming [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0312323344&id=2YZFOCk3gFYC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&sig=G0hVYCNEWHkjlJ-PhFJFQQu2UkE] *: When her left hook connected with his nose, blood skeeted out and stained her top.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Manx) news or gossip
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Manx) to look through the front windows of somebody else's house
  • Anagrams

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    References

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