spoon
/spuːn/ verb C2- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon. · Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
- To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
- To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- To have sex in such a position.
- To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
He/she/it spoons · Past spooned · Past participle spooned · -ing form spooning
Verb forms
- Base form
- spoon
- He/she/it
- spoons
- Past
- spooned
- Past participle
- spooned
- -ing form
- spooning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon:
“Why, this article,” I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast.
“We quarrelled last March—just before _he_ went mad, you know—” (pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) “—it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
“I thank you from the depths of my heart,” said the young man, taking the spoon from the hands of Monte Cristo.
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