(with a spoon)

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• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon — Infobox Television episode | Title = And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon Series = Frasier Season = 8 Episode = 01 02 Airdate = 24 October 2000 Production = 40571 171, 40571 172 Writer = David Angell Peter Casey Director = Pamela Fryman Guests =… …   Wikipedia

• gag me with a spoon! — exclamation American a favourite Valley Girl expression of exag gerated or thrilled disgust or astonish ment Wow, gag me with a spoon! How gross can you get? …   Contemporary slang

• spoon — [spo͞on] n. [ME spon < OE a chip: sense infl. by cognate ON spōnn, spoon: see SPADE1] 1. a utensil consisting of a small, shallow, usually oval shaped bowl and a handle, used for picking up or stirring food, etc. as in eating or cooking 2.… …   English World dictionary

• Spoon — Spoon, v. t. 1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait. He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. Mrs. Humphry Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. In croquet, golf, etc.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spoon — Spoon, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spoon-meat — ( m[=e]t ), n. Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. Diet most upon spoon meats. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spoon-feed — past tense and past participle spoon fed v [T] 1.) to give too much information and help to someone used to show disapproval ▪ I don t believe in spoon feeding students. 2.) to feed someone, especially a baby, with a spoon …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• born with silver spoon in your mouth —    To say that someone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth means that their family is very rich and privileged.     Alice never has to worry about money; she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• spoon-feed — spoon′ feed v. t. fed, feed•ing 1) to feed with a spoon 2) to provide so fully with information or the like that one is prevented from thinking or acting independently 3) to provide someone with (information or the like) in this way 4) to pamper… …   From formal English to slang

• spoon-feed — [spo͞on′fēd′] vt. spoon fed, spoon feeding 1. to feed with a spoon 2. to pamper; coddle 3. to treat, instruct, or inform in a manner that destroys initiative or curbs independent thought and action …   English World dictionary

• spoon|bill — «SPOON BIHL», noun. 1. a long legged pink wading bird that has a long, flat bill with a spoon shaped tip. Spoonbills belong to the same family as the ibises. 2. any one of certain other birds having such a bill. 3. = paddlefish. (Cf. ↑paddlefish) …   Useful english dictionary