BATOON | • batoon n. (Archaic) A baton. • batoon v. Archaic form of baton. • BATOON v. to strike with a truncheon, also BATON. |
CARTOON | • cartoon n. (Comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. • cartoon n. (Comics) A drawing satirising current public figures. • cartoon n. (Art) An artist’s preliminary sketch. |
DUCATOON | • ducatoon n. (Historical) A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories. • DUCATOON n. an old silver coin in Venice and elsewhere. |
FESTOON | • festoon n. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots. • festoon n. (Architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament. • festoon n. A raised cable with light globes attached. |
FRIGATOON | • frigatoon n. (Nautical) A Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit;… • FRIGATOON n. a small Venetian vessel with a square stern and two masts. |
FRONTOON | • frontoon n. (Architecture) Alternative form of fronton (“a pediment”). • FRONTOON n. (French) a pediment. |
MELOCOTOON | • melocotoon n. Alternative form of melocoton. • MELOCOTOON n. (obsolete) a kind of large peach, also MALAKATOONE, MELICOTTON, MELOCOTON. |
MUSKETOON | • musketoon n. (Now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. • musketoon n. (Obsolete) One who is armed with such a musket. • Musketoon n. Alternative form of Mascouten. |
MUSQUETOON | • musquetoon n. Obsolete form of musketoon. • MUSQUETOON n. a short musket; a soldier armed with one, also MUSKETOON. |
PLATOON | • platoon n. (Military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company. • platoon n. A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other. • platoon n. (Education, historical) A group of children in the platoon grouping education system. |
PONTOON | • pontoon n. A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock… • pontoon n. (By extension) A bridge with floating supports. • pontoon n. A box used to raise a sunken vessel. |
PULTOON | • pultoon n. Alternative form of puttun (“Indian regiment”). • PULTOON n. (Hindi) an Indian regiment, also PULTUN, PULTAN, PULTON. |
RATOON | • ratoon n. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. • ratoon n. A rattan cane. • ratoon v. (Intransitive, of a plant) To sprout ratoons. |
RATTOON | • rattoon n. Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”). • rattoon v. Alternative spelling of ratoon. • RATTOON v. to sprout from a root planted the previous year, also RATOON. |
SASKATOON | • saskatoon n. (Canadian Prairies) A shrub inhabiting western North America, Amelanchier alnifolia. • saskatoon n. (Canadian Prairies) The edible berry of this shrub. • Saskatoon prop.n. The largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada (2016 census: 246,376 (city); 295,095 (metro)), located on… |
SPITTOON | • spittoon n. A receptacle for spit. • SPITTOON n. a receptacle for saliva. |
SPONTOON | • spontoon n. A pointed weapon similar to a pike. • SPONTOON n. a small-headed halberd formerly carried by some infantry officers. |
TESTOON | • testoon n. An old Italian silver coin. • testoon n. (Obsolete) The English silver shilling. • TESTOON n. a Portuguese or Italian teston, a kind of coin. |
TOON | • toon n. (Informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show. • toon n. (Informal, video games) A player’s avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. • toon n. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with… |