"poon" meaning in English

See poon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /puːn/ Audio: En-au-poon.ogg [Australia] Forms: poons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Wikispecies Origin: 1690–1700; compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai. Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Calophyllum inophyllum|species}} Calophyllum inophyllum, {{wikispecies|Calophyllum}} Wikispecies, {{bor|en|ta|புன்னை}} Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), {{bor|en|ml|പുന്ന}} Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), {{taxfmt|Calophyllum inophyllum|species}} Calophyllum inophyllum, {{doublet|en|punnai}} Doublet of punnai Head templates: {{en-noun}} poon (plural poons)
  1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
    Sense id: en-poon-en-noun-g3ITdUta
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /puːn/ Audio: En-au-poon.ogg [Australia] Forms: poons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Clipping of poontang. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|poontang}} Clipping of poontang Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} poon (countable and uncountable, plural poons)
  1. (US, vulgar slang) Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman. Tags: US, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Categories (topical): Genitalia Categories (lifeform): Malpighiales order plants Synonyms (intercourse with a woman): coitus Synonyms (vagina): cooch
    Sense id: en-poon-en-noun-UrWhExY6 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 36 56 7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 53 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 62 5 Disambiguation of 'intercourse with a woman': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'vagina': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) A wimp; a pussy. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Synonyms (wimp): nestle-cock
    Sense id: en-poon-en-noun-ELRJEOpy Disambiguation of 'wimp': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pussy, quim, vulva, punani, snu snu, copulation, sissy, wuss, milksop Related terms: poon up (english: probably etymologically unrelated)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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