Definition of "spoon"
- 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.
A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
A spoon excavator.
A simpleton, a spooney.
- verb
To serve using a spoon.
To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
To hit weakly.
To turn to port and starboard erratically for short periods of time, in the manner of a sailing boat heading nearly directly into a shifting wind.
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