spoon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

   “He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.”

2. isim An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
3. isim A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.

   “While Ms. Fly was with Sharon in the kitchen, Sharon asked the defendant for a “spoon of drugs.” Defendant refused and stated that he did not know where drugs could be obtained.”

4. isim A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
5. isim An oar.

   “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 […]”

6. isim A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
7. isim A spoon excavator.
8. isim A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
9. isim A simpleton, a spoony.

   “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.”

10. isim A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
11. isim A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

    “We therefore have to meticulously plan out each day with the small amount of spoons we have. Each task will cost us at least one spoon.”

12. fiil To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.

    “Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.”

13. fiil To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.

    “By the light of the silvery moon, / I want to spoon, / To my honey I'll croon love's tune, […]”

14. fiil To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
15. fiil To have sex in such a position.
16. fiil To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.

    “Law is in the field; the Criminal at the wicket. If Law makes a mistake—sends down a loose ball or drops a catch—the Criminal scores a little or has another lease of life. But if he makes a mistake—if he lets a straight ball pass or spoons towards a steady man—he is done for.”

17. fiil To fish with a concave spoon bait.
18. fiil To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

    “He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike.”

19. fiil Alternative form of spoom.

    “We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.”