spoondrift

spoon·drift
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UK/ˈspuːndɹɪft/US/ˈspundɹɪft/

A form of spindrift — Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.

Similar
spindrift
OriginScots spindrift →
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Meanings

nounspoondrift (countable and uncountable, plural spoondrifts)

plural spoondrifts · alternative spoon-drift

  1. alternativearchaiccountableuncountablenauticalAlternative form of spindrift.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounspray blown up from the surface of the sea

Similar
spindrift
Broader
spray
Also see
spindrift

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Scotsspindrift
  2. Englishspoondrift

Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon + drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”), spoon being a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”), but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.

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APA

spoondrift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoondrift

MLA

“spoondrift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoondrift. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spoondrift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoondrift.

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