'Wooden spoon' definitions:

Definition of 'wooden spoon'

From: WordNet
noun
A booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood
noun
A spoon made of wood

Definition of 'Wooden spoon'

From: GCIDE
  • Wooden \Wood"en\, a.
  • 1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. [1913 Webster]
  • When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
  • His singing was, I confess, a little wooden. --G. MacDonald. [1913 Webster]
  • Wooden spoon. (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus." --Macaulay. (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.
  • Wooden ware, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood.
  • Wooden wedding. See under Wedding. [1913 Webster]