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Definition spoon

Etymology 1

From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English sp?n (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-Germanic *sp?nuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh?- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”). Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), Saterland Frisian Spoune (“chip; flake; splinter”), West Frisian spoen, Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Low German Spoon (“thin piece of wood, shaving”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Swedish spån (“chip, cutting”), Norwegian spon (“chip”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Icelandic spánn, spónn, Ancient Greek ???? (sph?n, “wedge”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer and Middle English cuclear (“spoon”) both ultimately borrowed from the Latin.

Noun

spoon (plural spoons)

1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
4. (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
5. (slang) An oar.
6. (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
7. (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
8. (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
9. (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.

Verb

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

1. To serve using a spoon.
2. (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
3. (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.
4. (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
5. (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
6. (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare spoom.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of spoom

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