Spooner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈspuːnɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spooner is a noun meaning One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
Meaning
One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
More Meanings
- To utter a spoonerism.
Example Sentences
'So, what's all the hush and rurry?' he spoonered.
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.
'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. Bloch of the Department of Modern Languages would sing.
Which of the ruffians it was, or anything he contributed to our uplift, now wholly eludes my memory, but there and then, the young laird of Gartmore, fresh (as I mistakenly thought) from the pampas of the Argentine or Paraguay, won my heart by being slightly nervous in his speech, spoonering a phrase and evoking yokel laughter.
Word Forms
- spooners
- spoonering
- spoonered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spoonist, spearer, splayer, spoonbender, spier, spitter.
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