spooning
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Etymology
The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.
Verb
spooning
- present participle and gerund of spoon
Noun
spooning (countable and uncountable, plural spoonings)
- The action of the verb to spoon
- The act of picking something up with a spoon.
- 1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246:
- Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.
- The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.
- The act of picking something up with a spoon.
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