SPOON

spoon

(noun) a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food

spoon

(noun) formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face

spoon, spoonful

(noun) as much as a spoon will hold; “he added two spoons of sugar”

smooch, spoon

(verb) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

spoon

(verb) scoop up or take up with a spoon; “spoon the sauce over the roast”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

spoon (plural spoons)

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 spooney.

(US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.

(slang) A metaphoric unit of energy available to cope with problems.

Verb

spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)

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.

Etymology 2

Verb

spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)

Alternative form of spoom

Anagrams

• Poons, no-ops, opson, poons, snoop

Source: Wiktionary

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Spoon, v. i. (Naut.)

Definition: See Spoom. [Obs.] We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. Pepys.

Spoon, n. Etym: [OE. spon, AS. sp, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. spån, Icel. spánn, spónn, a chip, a spoon. sq. root170. Cf. Span-new.]

1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. "Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say. Chaucer. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. Shak.

2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.

3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood. Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached.

– Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side.

– Spoon net, a net for landing fish.

– Spoon oar. see under Oar.

Spoon, v. t.

Definition: To take up in, a spoon.

Spoon, v. i.

Definition: To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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