scone

Etymology

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).

noun

1. A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
   On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea 1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python
   Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz! 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by Reg (John Cleese)
2. (Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
   Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites. 1993, Ann Whiting Orton, “A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair”, in Deseret News
3. (informal, Australia, New Zealand) The head.
   …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact. February 2 2011, “Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman”, in Hawke's Bay Today
   After Essendon coach James Hird tumbled off his bike and hit his scone on the unforgiving South Yarra terrain on Monday night, the chances are he was administered the Cogstate concussion test. July 15 2015, “Cogstate can count on rich pipeline of cognitive test trials”, in The Australian

verb

1. (transitive, slang, Australia, New Zealand) To hit on the head.
   December 3 2004, “Sconed by a space rock - and then the headaches started”, in The Sydney Morning Herald: