spoon /ˈspun/
匙,調羹,匙形的鏟子(vt.)以匙舀起,調情,使成匙狀
Spoom v. i. 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.]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden.
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Spoon v. i. Naut. See Spoom. [Obs.]
We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. --Pepys.
Spoon, n.
1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
“Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend,” thus heard I say. --Chaucer.
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak.
2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. Fishing, a spoon bait.
3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang]
4. Golf A wooden club with a lofted face.
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.
Spoon, v. t.
1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
2. Fishing To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.
He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
3. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
Spoon, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]
Spoon, v. i.
1. To fish with a spoon bait.
2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
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spoon
n 1: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and
a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
2: as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
[syn: spoonful]
3: formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
v 1: scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the
roast"
2: snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the
back of the others [syn: smooch, snog]