spooning

Verb

spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)

1. To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
   • Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
2. (dated, intransitive) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
   • By the light of the silvery moon, / I want to spoon, / To my honey I'll croon love's tune, […]1909, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”, Ed[ward] Madden (lyrics), Gus Edwards (music), New York, N.Y.: Gus Edwards Music Pub Co, →OCLC, pages 4–5
3. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
   1. (broadly, informal, intransitive, transitive) To have sex in such a position.
4. (croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
   • Law is in the field; the Criminal at the wicket. If Law makes a mistake—sends down a loose ball or drops a catch—the Criminal scores a little or has another lease of life. But if he makes a mistake—if he lets a straight ball pass or spoons towards a steady man—he is done for.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
5. (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.

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