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spoon
[ spoon ]
noun
- a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- any of various implements, objects, or parts resembling or suggesting this.
- a spoonful.
- Also called spoon bait. Angling. a lure used in casting or trolling for fish, consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal or the like, swiveled above one or more fishhooks, and revolving as it is drawn through the water.
- Also called num·ber three wood. Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has a greater slope than the brassie or driver, for hitting long, high drives from the fairway.
- a curved piece projecting from the top of a torpedo tube to guide the torpedo horizontally and prevent it from striking the side of the ship from which it was fired.
- (in spoon theory ) a unit of energy that, once used, must be replenished before becoming available again.
verb (used with object)
- to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as in a spoon.
- to hollow out or shape like a spoon.
- Games.
- to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion instead of striking it soundly, as in croquet or golf.
- to hit (a ball) up in the air, as in cricket.
- Informal. to nestle in close contact with (another), as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons:
He moved over and spooned her, pressing himself gently against her warm back as she slept.
- Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love toward (someone) by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. (of two people) to nestle in close contact with one another, as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons:
They spooned without shifting position the whole night through.
- Informal: Older Use. to show affection or love by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner.
- Games. to spoon a ball.
- Angling. to fish with a spoon.
spoon
/ ː /
noun
- a metal, wooden, or plastic utensil having a shallow concave part, usually elliptical in shape, attached to a handle, used in eating or serving food, stirring, etc
- Also calledspoonbait an angling lure for spinning or trolling, consisting of a bright piece of metal which swivels on a trace to which are attached a hook or hooks
- golf a former name for a No. 3 wood
- informal.a foolish or useless person
- wooden spoonanother name for booby prize
- rowing a type of oar blade that is curved at the edges and tip to gain a firm grip on the water Compare spade 1
- be born with a silver spoon in one's mouthto inherit wealth or social standing
verb
- tr to scoop up or transfer (food, liquid, etc) from one container to another with or as if with a spoon
- slang.intr to kiss and cuddle
- to hollow out (a cavity or spoon-shaped bowl) (in something)
- sport to hit (a ball) with a weak lifting motion, as in golf, cricket, etc
Other yvlog Forms
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of spoon1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of spoon1
Idioms and Phrases
- born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born into a wealthy family; having an inherited fortune:
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and never worked a day in her life.
More idioms and phrases containing spoon
see born with a silver spoon ; greasy spoon .Example Sentences
Remove from heat and let cool slightly before spooning over your cake, just a tablespoon at a time, smoothing with the back of a spoon.
While working as a landscape designer focusing on edibles and native plants, Berkofsky started carving wooden spoons during his free time.
Adjust salt, then spoon into prepared baking dish, top with remaining cup of shredded cheese and bake 45 to 60 minutes until bubbly and golden on top.
Gatland was left with an inexperienced squad and had to use young players, a situation that saw Wales slump to a first Six Nations wooden spoon in 21 years.
I groaned to see a giant fork and spoon mounted on the kitchen wall of one of Marvin’s for-sale properties, then smiled when the silverware got ripped down and repurposed as jousting weapons.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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