spoon

Definitions

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

Equivalents

87 more languages

አማርኛማንካ

العربيةالملعقةخَاشُوقَةزلفةعَشَقَةمعلقةملعقة+ 3 more

Azərbaycan diliqaşıq

Беларускаялыжка

Българскилъжица

বাংলাচামচ

བོད་སྐད།ཁེམ་བུ

Bosanskikanalkašikapunapunesudužlicaжлицакашика+ 5 more

Catalàcullera

Češtinalžíce

Cymraegllwy

Danskske

Ελληνικάκουταλάκικουτάλι

Esperantokulero

Eestilusikas

Euskarakoilara

فارسیچمچهقاشقکفچه

Suomikapustalusikkalusikoidauistellauistin+ 2 more

Gaeilgespúnóg

Gàidhligspàin

Galegocullergarfela

ગુજરાતીચમચીચમચો

Hausacokali

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipuna

עבריתכף

हिन्दीचमसचम्मच

Hrvatskikanalkašikapunapunesudužlicaжлицакашика+ 5 more

Magyarkanál

Հայերենգդալդգալ

Bahasa Indonesiasendoksudu

Íslenskaskeiðspúnn

Italianocucchiaio

日本語スプーン匙薬匙

ქართულიკოვზი

Қазақ тіліқасық

ភាសាខ្មែរស្លាបព្រា

ಕನ್ನಡಚಮಚ

한국어匕살피숟가락술스푼+ 2 more

Kurdîkanalşibî

Кыргызчакашык

Latinacochlearium

LëtzebuergeschLäffel

Lingálalutu

ລາວບ່ວງ

Lietuviųšaukštas

Latviešukarote

Te Reo Māorikokopune

Македонскилажица

മലയാളംകരണ്ടിതവി

Монголхалбага

मराठीचमचा

Bahasa Melayusudu

Maltimgħarfa

မြန်မာဇွန်

Nederlandslaverenlepellepeltje-lepeltje liggen

ଓଡ଼ିଆଚାମଚ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਚਮਚਾ

Polskiłyżeczkałyżeczkowaćłyżka

Portuguêscolherdeitar de conchinhafazer conchinha

Românălingură

Русскийблесналожечкаложка

Ikinyarwandaikiyiko

සිංහලහැන්ද

Slovenčinalyžicavarecha

Slovenščinažlica

Shqiplugë

Српскиkanalkašikapunapunesudužlicaжлицакашика+ 5 more

Svenskaskedskedaslevsleva+ 1 more

Kiswahilikijikomwiko

தமிழ்கரண்டிஸ்பூன்

తెలుగుగాలముచెమ్చాలంగరు

Тоҷикӣқошуқ

ไทยช้อน

Türkmençeçemçe

Tagalogkutsara

Türkçekaşıkkepçe

ئۇيغۇرچەقوشۇق

Українськаложка

اردوچمچچمچہ

O'zbekchaqoshiq

Tiếng Việtcùi dìamuỗmmuỗngthìa+ 1 more

Wolofkuddu

isiXhosaicephe

Yorùbásibi

中文фәзыфәфәзыфәфәр勺子匙匙仔匙子抱睡湯匙 /汤匙調羹 /调羹魚漂 /鱼漂+ 8 more

繁體中文勺子匙匙子

isiZuluisipunu

Examples

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

“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.”

“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 […]”

“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.”

“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.”

“You work⟳, and play⟳, and clean⟳, and love⟳, and hate⟳, and that's lots of damn spoons . . . but if you are young and healthy you still have⟳ spoons left over as you fall⟳ asleep and wait⟳ for the new supply⟳ of spoons to be delivered in the morning.”

“Once you're out of spoons for the day, that's it, no more energy. So when you get⟳ down to your last⟳ couple of spoons for the day, you have⟳ to decide⟳, what's the priority?”

“But if you're running low on spoons, take⟳ some time out to recharge.”

“He has frequent dizzy spells. His friend has Asperger syndrome. Both relate⟳ and support⟳ each other when they have⟳ run⟳ out of spoons.”

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