Definitions for moccasin

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moccasin moc·ca·sin

Spelling: [mok-uh-sin, -zuh n]

IPA: /ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən/

Moccasin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in moccasin (accimnos).

Definitions for moccasin

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 the American Indians.
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), especially the cottonmouth.

Origin of moccasin

1605-15, Americanism; Virginia Algonquian *maxkeseni

Examples for moccasin

It closely resembles the moccasin, a poisonous snake, and is often mistaken for it.

I kept under cover of the growth and halted abreast of the moccasin.

One moccasin is so much like another, it is probable there is some mistake.

Nothing equals the moccasin on the trail, nothing is so good to snow-shoe in.

The end of those who are bitten by the moccasin is not pretty to see, and besides, I had business.

The moccasin was a dangerous fellow, and he didn't want to run any risks with him.

The rattlesnake and the moccasin are the most dangerous snakes in the United States.

He thought about this some while mending the moccasin, and decided to take the bug gun.

The Indian thrust the toe of his moccasin against the buck's antlers.

Hawk Eye fastened a moccasin to one end of his bow and slowly waved it to and fro.