Meaning of spoon | Babel Free

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

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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