[spoon] n [ME, fr. OE spon splinter, chip; akin to OHG span splinter, chip] (14c) 1: an eating or cooking implement consisting of a small shallow bowl with a relatively long handle
2: something (as a tool or fishing lure) that resembles a spoon in shape
[2]spoon vt (1715): to take up and usu. transfer in a spoon ~ vi [perh. fr. the Welsh custom of an engaged man's presenting his fiancee with an elaborately carved wooden spoon]: to make love by caressing, kissing, and talking amorously: neck