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spooning

2.9

Using a spoon to move or serve food

noun
/ˈspuːnɪŋ/

: servir con cuchara

You said you'd tell me about... spooning.

Examples

I was spooning chocolate ice cream into my mouth, and the spooning slowed as I stared at the snapshots.

Fiction book (1996)
After cooking the pasta, she began spooning sauce onto each serving.
He's probably down at the shelter spooning soup for the homeless.

Whatever It Takes (1998)
For dessert, I enjoyed spooning ice cream into bowls for my friends.
He spent the afternoon spooning warm soup into bowls for the guests.

How Much

pouring

1.3

to ladle

4 3.4

spooning

2.9

sprinkling

1 2.5

Surface Forms

spooning singular

spoonings plural

Morphology

spooning = spoon (transparent) = spoon + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'spoon' meaning to use a spoon; learners who know 'spoon' (utensil/verb) can readily infer this meaning.

Etymology

Spooning comes from the verb spoon, which means 'to use a spoon' to move or serve food. So spooning is the act of putting spoonfuls into bowls or onto plates.