spoons

adjectivenounnounverbattested in dialogue

//spuːnz//

A child's card game.

adjective

1
archaicFoolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
"[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."
[…] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.

noun

1
A child's card game.
2
A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.

noun

1
Also a form of spoonplural of spoon

verb

1
Also a form of spoonthird-person singular simple present indicative of spoon

spooked · A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing…spooky · Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.spoon · An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose…

spoons · A child's card game.

Spoons · Any pub belonging to the Wetherspoons chain.sport · Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills…sporting · Pertaining to sports

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