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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne