ALL meanings of spooning
spoon
S s - noun spooning a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle. 1
- noun spooning any of various implements, objects, or parts resembling or suggesting this. 1
- noun spooning a spoonful. 1
- noun spooning Also called spoon bait. Angling. a lure used in casting or trolling for fish, consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal or the like, swiveled above one or more fishhooks, and revolving as it is drawn through the water. 1
- noun spooning Also called number three wood. Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has a greater slope than the brassie or driver, for hitting long, high drives from the fairway. 1
- noun spooning a curved piece projecting from the top of a torpedo tube to guide the torpedo horizontally and prevent it from striking the side of the ship from which it was fired. 1
- verb with object spooning to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as in a spoon. 1
- verb with object spooning to hollow out or shape like a spoon. 1
- verb with object spooning Games. to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion instead of striking it soundly, as in croquet or golf. to hit (a ball) up in the air, as in cricket. 1
- verb with object spooning to nestle in close contact with (another), as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, so that the back of one person is tucked into the front of the other, like the bowls of two spoons: He moved over and spooned her, pressing himself gently against her warm back as she slept. 1
- verb with object spooning Older Use. to show affection or love toward (someone) by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner. 1
- verb without object spooning (of two people) to nestle in close contact with one another, as when both are lying on their sides with their knees drawn up, the back of one person tucked into the front of the other like the bowls of two spoons: They spooned without shifting position the whole night through. 1
- verb without object spooning Older Use. to show affection or love by kissing and caressing, especially in an openly sentimental manner. 1
- verb without object spooning Games. to spoon a ball. 1
- verb without object spooning Angling. to fish with a spoon. 1
- idioms spooning born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born into a wealthy family; having an inherited fortune: She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and never worked a day in her life. 1