spoon

IPA: spˈun

noun

  • An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
  • An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
  • A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
  • (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
  • (slang) An oar.
  • (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
  • (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
  • (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spoony.
  • (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
  • (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

verb

  • To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
  • (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
  • (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
  • (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
  • (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
  • (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
  • Alternative form of spoom [(nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.]
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Examples of "spoon" in Sentences

  • Look at the spoon and the bowl.
  • The spoon is sinuated by a magician.
  • The copper was probably in the spoon.
  • The spoon is then brought to the mouth.
  • The leaves are succulent and spoon shaped.
  • Eat soup noiselessly and with the side of the spoon.
  • When the spoon hits the mug, the spoon and mug vibrate.
  • Of course the fork was invented marginally a while before the spoon.
  • The major items of cutlery in the Western world are the knife, fork and spoon.
  • He was the inventor of the spoon with the fork on the other side of the handle.

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