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spoonerize

spoonerize verb: to produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).

Verb

spoonerize (third-person singular simple present spoonerizes, present participle spoonerizing, simple past and past participle spoonerized)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).

Forms of spoonerize

third-person singular presentspoonerizes
present participlespoonerizing
past participlespoonerized
pastspoonerized
alternative UKspoonerise

Origin of spoonerize

From Spooner + -ize.

Questions about spoonerize

What does spoonerize mean?
Spoonerize means to produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).
What part of speech is spoonerize?
Spoonerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of spoonerize?
The past tense of spoonerize is spoonerized.

Words near spoonerize in the dictionary

  1. spoonering
  2. spoonerism
  3. spoonerisms
  4. spooneristic
  5. spooneristically
  6. spoonerize
  7. spoonerized
  8. spoonerizes
  9. spoonerizing
  10. spooners
  11. spooney

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