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SPOONS
Noun
spoons
plural of spoon
A child's card game.
(musical instrument) A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.
Verb
spoons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoon
Adjective
spoons (not comparable)
(slang, archaic) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
Anagrams
• snoops
Etymology
Shortening.
Proper noun
Spoons
(UK, slang) Any pub belonging to the Wetherspoons chain.
Anagrams
• snoops
Source: Wiktionary
SPOON
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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