name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
spooner
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈspunɚ/
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/ˈspuːnɚ/
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rhymes with -uːnə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S P UW1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A placename:
A city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States, located mostly within the town. Named after John Coit Spooner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A placename:
A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
A person who engages in kissing and petting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 5
One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
A person who lies nestled against their partner in bed, back-to-front on their sides
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To utter a spoonerism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From spoon + -er.
Back-formation from spoonerism