spooning

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noun

The act of picking something up with a spoon.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spoon
nounspooning (countable and uncountable, plural spoonings)

plural spoonings

  1. The action of the verb to spoon
    1. countableuncountableThe act of picking something up with a spoon.

      Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.

      1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246
    2. countableuncountableThe act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.

Origin

The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.

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Translations

Portuguese conchinha
  • conchinhaTranslations
Spanish cuchareo
  • cuchareoTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

spooning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooning

MLA

“spooning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spooning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooning.

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