spoonv. i. (Naut.) See Spoom.()We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. (Pepys.)n.[OE. spon, AS. spn, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. spn, Icel. spnn, spnn, a chip, a spoon. 170. Cf. Span-new.]1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.()Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend, thus heard I say. (Chaucer.)He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. (Shak.)2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.()3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.(Hood.)4. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face.(Encyc. of Sport.)Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. -- Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. -- Spoon net, a net for landing fish. -- Spoon oar. See under Oar.()v. t.1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.()2. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.()He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. (Mrs. Humphry Ward.)3. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.()v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.()v. i.1. To fish with a spoon bait.()2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.()