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

  • (..) What kind of a pizza place only serves kind of pizza. Must be a San Francisco thing. Still, it's not as bad as the soup at that diner in Nebraska. Oh, yeah. The spoon stood up in the soup by itself. We're good. Family's running. The drive out was pretty fun. What was your favorite part? (..)
    2015 Inside Out