Associations to the word «Conning»

Wiktionary

CONN, noun. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
CONN, verb. (transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Dictionary definition

CONN, verb. Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats