"choon" meaning in English

See choon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: choons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Phonetic rendering of tune. Head templates: {{en-noun}} choon (plural choons)
  1. (British, nonstandard) A song or track, especially one that is catchy. Tags: British, nonstandard Categories (topical): Music

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Phonetic rendering of tune.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "choons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, E Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Channer, Marcus Major, Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories:",
          "text": "And the music was so sweet, see because we just knew the choon. And we could have played a hundred choons that night...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Colin Channer, Waiting in Vain:",
          "text": "Behind her, beneath the thatch-roofed pavilions, the guests were skanking to old rock-steady choons and slamming dominoes on plastic tables...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, David Else, Oliver Berry, England:",
          "text": "A sleek cosmopolitan club with mainstream choons.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A song or track, especially one that is catchy."
      ],
      "id": "en-choon-en-noun-SRF31Jlk",
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          "song",
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        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "catchy",
          "catchy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, nonstandard) A song or track, especially one that is catchy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "choon"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Phonetic rendering of tune.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "choon (plural choons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/uːn",
        "Rhymes:English/uːn/1 syllable",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, E Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Channer, Marcus Major, Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories:",
          "text": "And the music was so sweet, see because we just knew the choon. And we could have played a hundred choons that night...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Colin Channer, Waiting in Vain:",
          "text": "Behind her, beneath the thatch-roofed pavilions, the guests were skanking to old rock-steady choons and slamming dominoes on plastic tables...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, David Else, Oliver Berry, England:",
          "text": "A sleek cosmopolitan club with mainstream choons.",
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        }
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, nonstandard) A song or track, especially one that is catchy."
      ],
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        "British",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "choon"
}

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