spoon
/spuːn/
Dictionary
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.
- A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
- An oar.
- A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- A spoon excavator.
- A simpleton, a spooney.
- A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- A metaphoric unit of energy available to cope with problems.
verb
- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
"Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate."
- To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
- (of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
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