Definition of: spoon

(spn) noun
1. A utensil having a shallow, generally ovoid bowl and a handle, used in preparing, serving, or eating food.
2. Something resembling a spoon or its bowl.
3. A metallic lure attached to a fishing line: also spoon bait, trolling spoon.
4. A concave overhanging extension on a torpedo tube to keep the launched torpedo in a straight course.
5. A wooden golf club with lofted face and comparatively short, stiff shaft, used by some players for approaching.
—v.t.
1. To lift up or out with a spoon.
2. To hollow out like the bowl of a spoon.
3. In certain games, to play or hit (the ball) with little force up into the air; in croquet, to shove or scoop (the ball) with the mallet.
—v.i.
4. To fish with a spoon.
5. In certain games, to spoon the ball.
6. Colloq. To make love, especially openly and demonstratively. [OE spōn sliver, chip]
SPOON BAIT