noun

1. a utensil consisting of a small, shallow, usually oval-shaped bowl and a handle, used for picking up or stirring food, etc. as in eating or cooking
2. something shaped like a spoon; specif., a shiny, curved fishing lure, usually made of metal, set above a hook or hooks so as to wobble when drawn through the water
3. Golf number 3 wood: see wood

Etymology: ME spon < OE a chip: sense infl. by cognate ON spōnn, spoon: see spade

transitive verb

1. to take up with or as with a spoon and, usually, move from one place to another
2. to push, lift, or hit (a ball) with a scooping motion instead of a direct blow

intransitive verb

1. to spoon or scoop a ball, etc.
2. Informal to embrace, kiss, and caress, as lovers do