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moccasin
(mɒkəsɪn)
Word forms: plural moccasins
countable noun
Moccasins are soft leather shoes which have a low heel and a raised join round the top of the front part.
moccasin in British English
(ˈmɒkəsɪn)
noun
1.
a shoe of soft leather, esp deerskin, worn by Native Americans
2.
any soft shoe resembling this
3. New Zealand
a sheepshearer's footgear, usually made of sacking
4. short for water moccasin
Word origin
C17: from Algonquian; compare Narraganset mocussin shoemoccasin in American English
(ˈmɑkəsɪn, -zən)
noun
1.
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of U-shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by Native Americans
2.
a hard-soled shoe or slipper resembling this, often decorated with beads
3.
any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon), esp. the cottonmouth
Word origin
[1605–15, Amer.; ‹ Virginia Algonquian ‹ Proto-Algonquian *maxkeseni]Image ofmoccasin
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Examples of 'moccasin' in a sentencemoccasin
- hit on or upon something
- hit on someone
- hit or go through the roof
- hit or miss
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- hit out
- hit (out) at
- hit out at
- hit-out-at
- hit out at someone
- hit over the head
- hit parade
- hit pay dirt
- hit rate
- hit rock bottom
- hit show
- hit single
- hit skins
- hit-skip
- hit someone or something off
- hit squad
- hittable
- hitter
- hit the big time
- hit the bottle