spooning
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- noun
- /ˈspuːnɪŋ/
- Informal
- One day you're gonna wake up with some chick, spooning… …you know, thinking about love.
- spooning position
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Examples
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Connor, spooning is nice.
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Sometimes, the spooning or female-dominant positions work better.
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We did not once sleep together like as in like in the spooning position the whole night ever once.
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Well, you should just tell him the truth about the spooning.
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Do you wanna do spooning?
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The wooing, the spooning, I am all in.
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We've got... ...one, two, three men in a bed... spooning?
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She did a bit of spooning.
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Never mind that every night I swim in a lake of sex… …and they fall asleep in each others' arms, spooning.
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After a long day, they enjoyed some cozy spooning on the couch, feeling close and relaxed.
Synonyms
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Holding someone close in your arms to feel warm and safe
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Lying or sitting close to someone to feel warm and safe
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Kissing and cuddling in a playful or romantic way
How Intimate
- Informal
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- Informal
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spooning comes from the way spoons fit together: one spoon curls into another. A helpful image is two people lying close on their sides facing the same way and fitting together like spoons, which is why spooning means 'cuddling'.