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spoons¹

  • /spuːnz/

Rhymes with -uːnz

adjective

  1. archaic, not comparable, slang Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on). "[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."

noun

  1. plural, plural only A child's card game.
  2. plural, plural only A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.

noun

  1. plural plural of spoon

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon

Spoons²

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proper noun

  1. UK, slang Any pub belonging to the Wetherspoons chain. We took up the recommendation of the Pheasant in Brill, which is a lovely pub but which sadly only did food until 2 which we'd missed, so went to Spoons in Bicester for a late lunch instead, via a quick inspection of the charming little church in Ludgershall.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spoonful, smooch, snog, ladles, tablespoons, teaspoons, spoontray, tablespoon, parfait spoon, spatula, spoon bowl, table-spoon, caddy spoon, jacks, spoonload, soupspoon

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@misc{spoons_2026,
  title = {spoons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}