"picaroon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ Audio: en-us-picaroon.ogg Forms: picaroons [plural], pickaroon [alternative, archaic], pickeroon [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|picarón}} Spanish picarón Head templates: {{en-noun}} picaroon (plural picaroons)
  1. A pirate or picaro.
    Sense id: en-picaroon-en-noun-2ZcQT6K9 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 31 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 42 30 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 28 5 25
  2. A pirate ship. Synonyms (pirate ship): corsair, privateer
    Sense id: en-picaroon-en-noun-EclgJ5uQ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 31 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 31 40 13 16 Disambiguation of 'pirate ship': 4 96 0
  3. A rogue. Synonyms (rogue): brigand, knave, rogue
    Sense id: en-picaroon-en-noun-wpiIZ-VZ Disambiguation of 'rogue': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pirate Synonyms (pirate): corsair
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'pirate': 49 51 0

Noun

IPA: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ Audio: en-us-picaroon.ogg Forms: picaroons [plural], pickaroon [alternative, archaic], pickeroon [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From French piqueron, from pique (“pike”) + -oon Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|piqueron}} French piqueron Head templates: {{en-noun}} picaroon (plural picaroons)
  1. A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging and fishing to snag, move and hold. Hyponyms: sappie, hookaroon
    Sense id: en-picaroon-en-noun-S4YZZQnU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nautical occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 13 2 51 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 9 2 71 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 7 2 58 4 Disambiguation of Nautical occupations: 23 28 4 39 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/ Audio: en-us-picaroon.ogg Forms: picaroons [present, singular, third-person], picarooning [participle, present], picarooned [participle, past], picarooned [past], pickaroon [alternative, archaic], pickeroon [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|picarón}} Spanish picarón Head templates: {{en-verb}} picaroon (third-person singular simple present picaroons, present participle picarooning, simple past and past participle picarooned)
  1. (intransitive) To behave as a pirate. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: loot, pillage Translations (to behave as a pirate): korsanlık (Crimean Tatar), sjóræningjast (Icelandic), piratear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-picaroon-en-verb-xc4fAaWr Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 31 7 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.