spoon

IPA: spˈun

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.

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.]

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.
The bending of the spoon is a structural mechanics problem.
A Siwash single hook on the back of a spoon is a classic example.
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.
And yes, I do believe that a spoon is an acceptable vehicle for this condiment.
Drizzle melted butter and vanilla over crumbs and mix with your hands until thoroughly combined (a spoon is acceptable as well).
I thought he was saying that the thing we call a spoon is a prop or stand-in for a specific bunch of communicative understandings.
Edward CastronovaI thought he was saying that the thing we call a spoon is a prop or stand-in for a specific bunch of communicative understandings.
If the spoon came neither from itself nor from a non-spoon, then we assert that something can come from nothing, and we have not determined why the spoon is a spoon and not anything else, say a fork.