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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

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. (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
5. (slang) An oar.
6. (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
7. (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
8. A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
9. (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spoony.
10. (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
11. (slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

Verbi

1. To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
2. (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
3. (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.
4. (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
5. (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
6. (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.