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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative form of spoony (“foolish or silly person”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic
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noun
A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person with a chronic illness or disability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, slang
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History
Unknown. Possibly related to the phrase born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.
From the spatulate shape of the bill.
From spoon (“unit of limited personal energy”) + -ie. See spoon theory.
