spoon

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬(though the connection to the Greek is likely impossible by modern reconstructions of PIE). Eclipsed non-native, , from , , , borrowed from.

The "metaphoric unit of personal energy" sense was (see ).

Noun

 * 1)  An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
 * 2) An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
 * 3) A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
 * 4)  A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
 * 5)  An oar.
 * 6)   A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
 * 7)  A spoon excavator.
 * 8)  A simpleton, a spoony.
 * 9)   A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
 * 10)  A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
 * 1)  A simpleton, a spoony.
 * 2)   A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
 * 3)  A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.
 * 1)  A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

Verb

 * 1) To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
 * 2)  To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
 * 3)  To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
 * To have sex in such a position.
 * 1)  To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
 * 2)  To fish with a concave spoon bait.
 * 3)  To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
 * To have sex in such a position.
 * 1)  To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
 * 2)  To fish with a concave spoon bait.
 * 3)  To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
 * 1)  To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.

Etymology 2
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