'Spoon' definitions:

Definition of 'spoon'

From: WordNet
noun
A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
noun
As much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar" [syn: spoon, spoonful]
noun
Formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
verb
Scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"
verb
Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others [syn: smooch, spoon]

Definition of 'Spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoon \Spoon\, v. t.
  • 1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.
  • He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoon \Spoon\ (sp[=oo]n), v. i. (Naut.) See Spoom. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[=o]n, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[*a]n, Icel. sp['a]nn, sp['o]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • "Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoon \Spoon\, v. i.
  • 1. To fish with a spoon bait. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Spoom \Spoom\ (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See Spume.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.] [1913 Webster]
  • When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'spoon'

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Words containing 'Spoon'