Spooner
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.; A person who engages in kissing and petting. dated
- 2 One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.; A person who lies nestled against their partner in bed, back-to-front on their sides
- 1 To utter a spoonerism.
"Whisking along the north wing from interviewing the Secretary, his gown bellying out behind him like a black cloud, Tired Tim heard it, as he wondered for the fourth time if it had been quite in order for Miss Delaney to giggle when he had spoonered : "Will you please tell the Under-Matron to let all the maids off to see His Lordship the Bishop of Iona conduct a fornication in chapel at four o'clock."
- 1 A surname. countable
- 2 A placename:; A city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States, located mostly within the town. Named after John Coit Spooner. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Whisking along the north wing from interviewing the Secretary, his gown bellying out behind him like a black cloud, Tired Tim heard it, as he wondered for the fourth time if it had been quite in order for Miss Delaney to giggle when he had spoonered : "Will you please tell the Under-Matron to let all the maids off to see His Lordship the Bishop of Iona conduct a fornication in chapel at four o'clock."
Etymology
From spoon + -er.
Back-formation from spoonerism
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