spoon
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
2. (slang) An oar.Examples: "To this class college rowing offers no attractions or place, nor are they generally looked upon by the artists of the "spoons" as a desirable addition […]"
3. (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
4. (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
5. (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spoony.Examples: "To get all the advantages of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences and not be a spoon who takes things literally."
6. (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.Examples: "By the light of the silvery moon, / I want to spoon, / To my honey I'll croon love's tune, […]"; "Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk."
2. (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.Examples: "(transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons, by extension) To have sex in such a position."
3. (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.Examples: "Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory."
4. (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
5. (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.Examples: "He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike."
Definition source: Wiktionary