Meanings
present singular third person sporks · participle present sporking · participle past sporked · past sporked
- transitiveTo move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.
She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants.
2002, Olivia Goldsmith, Pen pals1 more example
Now, obviously, most of this sporking is facetious, done purely for humorous intent (none of the eyeballs being sporked were in news reports), but the phenomenon of the weaponized spork is one that passed lexicographers and language researchers by until we saw the corpus evidence.
2007 July 29, Erin McKean, “Corpus”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
Origin
Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 叉勺, 叉匙
- 叉勺 (chāsháo)eating utensil
- 叉匙 (chāchí)eating utensil
Finnish lusikkahaarukka
- lusikkahaarukkaeating utensil
French cuillère-fourchette, cuichette
- cuillère-fourchetteeating utensil
- cuichetteeating utensil
German Göffel
- Göffeleating utensil
Italian forchiaio, cucchietta
- forchiaioeating utensil
- cucchiettaeating utensil
Japanese 先割れスプーン
- 先割れスプーン (sakiware supūn)eating utensil
Polish łyżkowidelec
- łyżkowideleceating utensil
Portuguese garfolher
- garfolhereating utensil
Romanian furculingură
- furculingurăeating utensil
Russian ло́жка-ви́лка
- ло́жка-ви́лка (lóžka-vílka)eating utensil
Spanish cuchador
- cuchadoreating utensil
Swedish skaffel
- skaffeleating utensil
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spork
All rhymes →Cite this entry
spork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spork
“spork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spork. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spork.
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