Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spork

/ˈspoɹk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: spork
IPA: /ˈspoɹk/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.

verb

To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants."
"Now, obviously, most of this sporking is facetious, done purely for humorous intent (none of the eyeballs being sporked were in news reports), but the phenomenon of the weaponized spork is one that passed lexicographers and language researchers by until we saw the corpus evidence."

Etymology

Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈspoɹk/
British English: /ˈspɔːk/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sporks (plural) sporks (present, singular) sporking (participle, present) sporked (participle, past) sporked (past)

Derived Forms

sporkful sporklike

Frequently Paired Words

knork runcible spoon splade

Synonyms

foon fopoon fpoon

Rhymes With

york fork pork cork torque dork quark orc stork bork wark uncork

Questions

How do you pronounce spork?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspoɹk/.
What does spork mean?: An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
Where does spork come from?: Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon.

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