spoon

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Synonyms: spoof, spook, swoon, soon, poon, spool, spoor, spoom, spoo, shoon, spon

Antonyms: spoof, spook, swoon, soon, poon, spool, spoor, spoom, spoo, shoon, spon

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Noun

1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
4. A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
5. An oar.
6. A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
7. A spoon excavator.
8. A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
9. A simpleton, a spoony.
10. A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
11. A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

Verb

1. To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
   • Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
2. To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
3. 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.
4. To have sex in such a position.
5. To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
6. To fish with a concave spoon bait.
7. To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

Verb

1. Alternative form of spoom.

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