spoondrift

See also: spoon-drift

English

Etymology

Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon +‎ drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”), spoon being a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”), but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspuːndɹɪft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspundɹɪft/
• Hyphenation: spoon‧drift

Noun

spoondrift (countable and uncountable, plural spoondrifts) (archaic)

1. (nautical, archaic) Alternative form of spindrift

Alternative forms

• spoon-drift

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