Spoon — Defs

01 v. i. See Spoom.

1.
See Spoom.(Naut.) [Obs.] See: Spoom
“We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.” — Pepys.

02 n. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.

1.
An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
““Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend,” thus heard I say.” — Chaucer.

“He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.” — Shak.
2.
Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.(Fishing)
3.
Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.[Slang]
4.
A wooden club with a lofted face.(Golf)

Phrases & compounds

Spoon bait — a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached.

Spoon bit — a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side.

Spoon net — a net for landing fish.

Spoon oar — See under Oar.

03 v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.

1.
To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
2.
To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.(Fishing)
“He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike.” — Mrs. Humphry Ward.
3.
In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.

04 v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.

05 v. i. To fish with a spoon bait.