spooner
/ˈspunɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who spoons; one who engages in spooning.
verb
To utter a spoonerism.
Example Sentences
- "Whisking along the north wing from interviewing the Secretary, his gown bellying out behind him like a black cloud, Tired Tim heard it, as he wondered for the fourth time if it had been quite in order for Miss Delaney to giggle when he had spoonered : "Will you please tell the Under-Matron to let all the maids off to see His Lordship the Bishop of Iona conduct a fornication in chapel at four o'clock."
- "Horner couldn t possibly say things like that, especially the words he spoonered out instead of "moody-blinded," but Horner said respectfully couldn't care less."
- "'Grant us, through the grifts of Thy Gace...' spoonered an Episcopalian minister from the heights of the head table, and then it was announced that Dr. Bloch of the Department of Modern Languages would sing."
- "'So, what's all the hush and rurry?' he spoonered."
- "Which of the ruffians it was, or anything he contributed to our uplift, now wholly eludes my memory, but there and then, the young laird of Gartmore, fresh (as I mistakenly thought) from the pampas of the Argentine or Paraguay, won my heart by being slightly nervous in his speech, spoonering a phrase and evoking yokel laughter."
Etymology
From spoon + -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspunɚ/