spoons

See also: Spoons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spuːnz/

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• Rhymes: -uːnz

Noun

spoons

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

Derived terms

• spoonist

See also

• (musical instrument): bones

Verb

spoons

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon

Adjective

spoons (not comparable)

1. (slang, archaic) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
   • 1922, Lydia Miller Middleton, The Happy Adventures:

     " […] 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."

   • 1876, The Young Ladies' Journal, page 548:

     […] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.

Related terms

• spoonie

Anagrams

• snoops