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big spoon

big spoon noun: the person whose front is touching the other person's back when spooning.

big spoon: the person whose front is touching the other person's back when spooning
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Noun

big spoon (plural big spoons)

  1. (slang) The person whose front is touching the other person's back when spooning.
    • So we would attempt to nap. But as he had a twin bed, space was limited, so I would insist he be the big spoon and I be the little spoon.2011 February 24, Charlotte Knight, “You snooze, you lose”, in The Daily Titan, volume 89, number 13, California State University, Fullerton, page 4
    • It's a scene played out in bedrooms all over America: after minutes or hours of cuddling, the big spoon rolls off the little spoon and turns his or her back.2012, Kamyar Jarazadeh, "Cuddle Sutra", Caliber Magazine, Issue 5, Spring 2012, page 59

Forms of big spoon

pluralbig spoons

Questions about big spoon

What does big spoon mean?
Big spoon means the person whose front is touching the other person's back when spooning.
What part of speech is big spoon?
Big spoon is a noun.
What is the plural of big spoon?
The plural of big spoon is big spoons.

Words near big spoon in the dictionary

  1. big slick
  2. big smoke
  3. big society
  4. big spender
  5. big spenders
  6. big spoon
  7. big spoons
  8. Big Spring
  9. Big Springs
  10. big stick
  11. big sticks

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