spooner
/ˈspuːnɚ/US/ˈspunɚ/
spooner noun: a person who engages in kissing and petting.
Noun
spooner (plural spooners)
- A person who engages in kissing and petting.
- A person who lies nestled against their partner in bed, back-to-front on their sides
Verb
spooner (third-person singular simple present spooners, present participle spoonering, simple past and past participle spoonered)
- 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...1934, Bruce Marshall, Prayer for the living, page 43
- Horner couldn t possibly say things like that, especially the words he spoonered out instead of "moody-blinded," but Horner said respectfully couldn't care less.1971, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar
Proper noun capitalized: Spooner
Spooner (countable and uncountable, plural Spooners)
- A surname.
- A city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States, located mostly within the town. Named after John Coit Spooner.
- A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Examples of spooner in a sentence
- 'Grant us, through the grifts of Thy Gace...' spoonered an Episcopalian minister from the heights of the head table, and then it was announced that Dr.1975, Hecate - Volumes 1-3, page 79:
- 'So, what's all the hush and rurry?' he spoonered.1990, Garry Kilworth, Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld, page 66:
Forms of spooner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spooners |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | spooners |
| present participle | spoonering |
| past participle | spoonered |
| past | spoonered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Spooners |
Origin of spooner
From spoon + -er.
Back-formation from spoonerism
Words formed from spooner
Words that rhyme with spooner
Questions about spooner
- What does spooner mean?
- Spooner means a person who engages in kissing and petting.
- How do you use spooner in a sentence?
- 'Grant us, through the grifts of Thy Gace...' spoonered an Episcopalian minister from the heights of the head table, and then it was announced that Dr.
- What part of speech is spooner?
- Spooner can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce spooner?
- Spooner is pronounced /ˈspuːnɚ/.
- What is the plural of spooner?
- The plural of spooner is spooners.
Words near spooner in the dictionary
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