spooning
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.
Verb
[edit]spooning
- present participle and gerund of spoon
Noun
[edit]spooning (countable and uncountable, plural spoonings)
- The action of the verb to spoon
- The act of picking something up with a spoon.
- 1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246:
- Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.
- The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.
- The act of picking something up with a spoon.