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spoon

Definition

  • noun: an eating or cooking tool that has a small shallow bowl attached to a handle
  • noun: an eating or cooking implement consisting of a small shallow bowl with a relatively long handle
  • verb: to move or pick up (food) with a spoon
  • verb: to take up and usually transfer in a spoon
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: spooney, court

Examples

  • The students are being 'spoon-fed' facts and dates without having any opportunity for discussion.

  • Misleading facts about the war are being 'spoon-fed' to the public.

  • We ate at some 'greasy spoon' near the bus station.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, we're easy prey, my friend-- easy prey. We're sitting targets. Okay, look, I think I have a plan here. Using mainly spoons, we dig a tunnel under the city and release it into the wild. Spoons. That's it, I'm out of ideas. We're closed. (..)
    2001 Monsters, Inc.