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# {{alternative form of|spoom|lang=en}}
# {{alternative form of|spoom|lang=en}}
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} To turn to [[port]] and [[starboard]] [[erratic]]ally for short periods of time, in the manner of a sailing boat heading nearly directly into a shifting wind.
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} To turn to [[port]] and [[starboard]] [[erratic]]ally for short periods of time, in the manner of a sailing boat heading nearly directly into a shifting wind.{{rfv-sense}}


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Revision as of 09:10, 20 September 2013

English

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A table spoon
A fishing spoon

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) spone, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots (deprecated template usage) spun, (deprecated template usage) spon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian (deprecated template usage) spoen, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) spaan, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German (deprecated template usage) spoon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Span, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) spån, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian (deprecated template usage) spon, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) spánn, (deprecated template usage) spónn, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) σφήν.

Noun

spoon (plural spoons)

  1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
    • Shakespeare
      He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
  2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
  3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
  4. (deprecated template usage) (sports, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
  5. (deprecated template usage) (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
  7. (deprecated template usage) (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from spoon (noun)

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Translations
measure that will fit into a spoon — see spoonful

Verb

spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)

  1. To serve using a spoon.
    Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
  3. (deprecated template usage) (transitive or intransitive, slang, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
  4. (deprecated template usage) (tennis) To hit weakly
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See also

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Compare (deprecated template usage) spoom.

Verb

spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of spoom
  2. (deprecated template usage) (nautical) To turn to port and starboard erratically for short periods of time, in the manner of a sailing boat heading nearly directly into a shifting wind.(Can we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#spoon|verify]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-7cca02a3%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bspoon%23rfv-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cspoon%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value {{{1}}} is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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