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Meaning:
Noun:
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- 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.
- informal A spoon excavator.
- figuratively A simpleton, a spooney.
- fishing A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
- archaic A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
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Verb:
- intransitive|now|_|rare To flirt; to make advances, to court someone, to interact romantically or amorously with someone.
- colloquial To lie nestled together front to back in a manner reminiscent of spoons laid side by side in a drawer; usually has a mild sexual connotation.
- nautical To turn to port and starboard erratically for short periods of time, as a sailing boat does when heading nearly into a wind that varies direction slightly.
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