spoom

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spoom

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Probably a variant of spume (“foam”).

verb spooms · spooming · spoomed · spoon

To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. 17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.

noun spooms · spoon

A sorbet containing fruit juice

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@misc{spoom_2026,
  title = {spoom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}