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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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