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Definition of 'spoon'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
  • An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
  • A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
  • (sports|archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
  • (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
  • (dentistry|informal) A spoon excavator.
  • (figuratively|slang|archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
    • (Hood)
  • A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
    • Derived terms
    * spoonbill * spooner * spoon bread * spoon-feed, spoon-fed * dessert spoon, dessertspoon (rel-mid3) * gag me with a spoon * measuring spoon * runcible spoon * silver spoon (rel-mid3) * soup spoon, soupspoon * tablespoon * teaspoon * wooden spoon (rel-bottom)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To serve using a spoon.
    • Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
  • (dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
  • * 1913 ,
    • Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk.
  • (transitive|or|intransitive|slang|of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
  • (tennis) To hit weakly
  • * {{quote-news
    • |year=2012 |date=June 28 |author=Jamie Jackson |title=Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal |work=the Guardian citation |page= |passage=Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory.}}
    Derived terms
    * spooner * big spoon, little spoon

    See also

    * cutlery * ladle * silverware

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain. Compare spoom.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
    Derived terms
    * spoon-drift

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'spoon'

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