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"SPOONS" is a plural of: spoon. |
Date "SPOONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To see, or use, spoons in a dream, denotes favorable signs of advancement. Domestic affairs will afford contentment. To think a spoon is lost, denotes that you will be suspicious of wrong doing. To steal one, is a sign that you will deserve censure for your contemptible meanness in your home. To dream of broken or soiled spoons, signifies loss and trouble. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A children's game enjoyed by adults, Spoons is a fast-action, knuckle-punishing adventure. Place some spoons in the center of the playing area: one less spoon than the number of players, with the spoons set up like the spokes of a bicycle wheel.Deal five cards to each player. Player to the left of the dealer takes the top card from the deck, looks at it, and discards a card face down next to the player to her left. The player to the left repeats this process, using right hand opponent's discards, always discarding to the left. And so on for each player. If the original deck is exhausted, then the player to the left of the dealer continues by using the dealer's discards.
This goes on, often at ever-increasing speed, until a player gets 4 of a kind. Immediately after that player has discarded (and has only 5 cards) she is entitled to grab a spoon. Then the fun begins. As soon as one player has grabbed a spoon, all of the others should instantly do the same. Whoever does not get a spoon loses that hand.
If someone is first to touch a spoon, and it turns out that at that time no one actually has 4 of a kind, then the first toucher loses the hand.
Scoring: the loser has a letter in the word "s-p-o-o-n-s" counted against them. That is, the first loss is "s", the second is "p", etc. When a player has accumulated all six letters in "spoons", she drops out of the game. At that time, the number of spoons is reduced by one. The game continues until only the winner is left.
Strategy?
Bluffing is encouraged, as you can reach for a spoon at any time as long as the spoon is not actually touched. This can have a distracting effect on one's opponents, or even cause someone to improperly grab a spoon prematurely.One can also play without ever looking at the cards at all. Just pass the discards from right to left, keeping both eyes on the spoons.
Because players are focused with their own hand, when you get four of a kind, surreptitiously nab a spoon. They card-passing may continue for several seconds while you watch the fun.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spoons."
Crosswords: SPOONS |
| English words defined with "SPOONS": Albata ♦ Fiddle pattern ♦ gold plate ♦ spoon, spoonful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SPOONS": baker, cake, baker, pastry, baker, pie ♦ cake maker, COLOR-PASTE MIXER, cook, pastry, cook, pie, Cutty Pipe ♦ FISHING-LURE ASSEMBLER, FLATWARE MAKER ♦ pie chef, PIE MAKER ♦ Stuck his Spoon in the Wall ♦ WRANGLERS. (references) |
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Screenplays | And the chopsticks: there was no metal for forks and knives and spoons, but slivers of wood could suffice (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley) And how many table spoons are you supposed to give it (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Lyrics | It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Ironic; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) I'm bending spoons (The Great Beyond; performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Plate of Ice Cream and Two Spoons (1899) Two Naughty Boys Upsetting the Spoons (1898) Silver Spoons (1982) | |
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 | [showing a pitcher, 5 cups of liquid, and 4 full spoons and another partially filled with a substance, possibly sugar(?)]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Old woman representing "defeat" spoons off "Hohenzollern dynasty" from cauldron of "Germany". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversion. Silverware plant. As many as 10,000 gross of spoons per weeks have been produced by this Eastern company which is now undergoing conversion to production of surgical instruments vitally needed by the Army Medical Corps. The exhibit pictured he. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Spoons" by Jonathan Patt Commentary: "Some spoons. In a bowl." | "Spices 2" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "Close-up of measuring spoons with a dash crushed red peppers, a pinch of celery salt on a cherrywood table." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. |
Samuel Johnson | If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Sitting together on the stools, spoons sticking up out of the coffee mugs |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The spoons, forks, and other instruments were all in the same proportion |
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| "SPOONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "SPOONS" is used about 175 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.43% | 174 | 23,577 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 175 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SPOONS": be spoons on ♦ these spoons are going. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "SPOONS": tea-spoons. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SPOONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skottelgoed. (various references) | |
Arabic | هذة المعالق بالية (these spoons are going). (various references) | |
Danish | fremstilling af skære-og klipperedskaber og bestik (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware). (various references) | |
Dutch | tafelgerei (flatware, tableware), messen-en bestekkenfabrieken (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware), eetgerei (cutlery, place setting), couvert (envelope), bestek (bulk, dimension, extend, reckoning, room, size, space, specifications). (various references) | |
Esperanto | manĝilaro (forks, knives and spoons). (various references) | |
Finnish | saksien ym.leikkuuvälineiden valmistus (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware), ruokailuvälineiden (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware). (various references) | |
French | couvert (spread), coutellerie,fabrication de couverts (spoons and similar kitchen or tableware), ces cuillers sont surannées (these spoons are going). (various references) | |
German | Löffel (bucket, ear, lug, lug-hole, shovel, spoon, spoonful, teaspoon, teaspoons). (various references) | |
Greek | κατασκευή ειδών μαχαιροποιίας και μαχαιροπήρουνων (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware). (various references) | |
Italian | fabbricazione di coltelli e posate (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware). (various references) | |
Norwegian | spisebestikk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oonsspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cutelaria,fabricação de serviços de mesa (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware). (various references) | |
Romanian | fi mort dupã (be spoons on). (various references) | |
Spanish | cuchillería y fabricación de cubiertos (manufacture of cutlery and of forks, spoons and similar kitchen or tableware), cubierto (cloaking, cover up, covered, overcast, place, server). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 52, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta saffwq kai ta masmarwq kai touV upocuthraV kai taV lucniaV kai taV quiskaV kai touV kuaqouV a hn crusa crusa kai a hn argura argura elaben o arcimageiroV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et hydrias et thymiamateria et urceos et pelves et candelabra et mortaria et cyatos quotquot aurea aurea et quotquot argentea argentea tulit magister militiae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the sense vesselis, and the water vesselis, and bacynes, and candilstickes, and litil morteres, and cuppes; hou fele goldene, goldene, and hou fele siluerene, siluerene. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the guard took away. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 52, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | ug ang mga copa, ug ang mga sangga sa kalayo, ug ang mga dolang, ug ang mga kawa, ug ang mga tangkawan, ug ang mga cuchara, ug ang mga panaksan-nga mga bulawan, sinulod sa bulawan, ug ang mga binuhat nga salapi, sinulod sa salapi, gikuha sa capitan sa magbalantay. |
| Croatian | Zapovjednik uze i umivaonice, kadionice, škropionice, lonce, svijeænjake, zdjele, žrtvene pehare, uopæe sve što bijaše od zlata i srebra, |
| Danish | også Fadene, Panderne, Skålene, Karrene, Lysestagerne, Kanderne og Offerskålene, der helt var af Guld eller Sølv, røvede Øversten for Livvagten. |
| Dutch | En de overste der trawanten nam weg de schalen, en de wierookvaten, en de sprengbekkens, en de potten, en de kandelaars, en de rookschalen, en de kroezen; wat geheel goud, en wat geheel zilver was. |
| Finnish | Samoin otti henkivartijain päällikkö vadit, hiilipannut, maljat, kattilat, lampunjalat, kupit ja kulhot, jotka olivat läpeensä kultaa tai hopeata. |
| French | Le chef des gardes prit encore les bassins, les brasiers, les coupes, les cendriers, les chandeliers, les tasses et les calices, ce qui était d`or et ce qui était d`argent. |
| German | Dazu nahm der Hauptmann, was golden und silbern war an Bechern, Räuchtöpfen, Becken, Kesseln, Leuchtern, Löffeln und Schalen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Barang-barang emas dan perak, termasuk mangkuk-mangkuk kecil dan tempat bara, mangkuk-mangkuk untuk tempat darah binatang yang disembelih untuk kurban, tempat abu, kaki pelita, mangkuk-mangkuk untuk dupa, dan mangkuk-mangkuk untuk menuangkan persembahan air anggur, semuanya diambil oleh Nebuzaradan sendiri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan segala mangkok dan tempat api dan bokor percikan dan periuk dan pelita dan cerana dan piala cucuran, yang semata-mata emas atau perak, itupun dibawa serta oleh penghulu biduanda itu. |
| Italian | Il capo delle guardie prese ancora i bicchieri, i bracieri, i bacini, le caldaie, i candelabri, le coppe e i calici, quanto era d'oro e d'argento. |
| Maori | Ko nga kapu, ko nga paepae ngarahu, ko nga peihana, ko nga pata, ko nga turanga rama, ko nga koko, ko nga oko; ko nga mea i hanga ki te koura, he koura, ko nga mea i hanga ki te hiriwa, he hiriwa, i maua katoatia atu e te rangatira o nga kaitiak i. |
| Norwegian | Også skålene og fyrfatene og bollene til å sprenge blod med og askebøttene og lysestakene og røkelseskålene og begerne, alt som var av gull, og alt som var av sølv, det tok høvdingen over livvakten. |
| Portuguese | De igual modo o capitão da guarda levou os copos, os braseiros, as bacias, as caldeiras, os castiçais, as colheres, e as tigelas. O que era de ouro, levou como ouro, e o que era de prata, como prata. |
| Rumanian | Cqpetenia strqjerilor a mai luat wi lighenele, tqmkietoarele, potirele, cenuwarele, sfewnicele, cewtile wi paharele, tot ce era de aur wi ce era de argint. |
| Russian | Й ВМАДБ, Й ЭЙРГЩ, Й ЮБЫЙ, Й ЛПФМЩ, Й МБНРБДЩ, Й ЖЙНЙБНОЙЛЙ, Й ЛТХЦЛЙ, ЮФП ВЩМП ЪПМПФПЕ--ЪПМПФПЕ, Й ЮФП ВЩМП УЕТЕВТСОПЕ--УЕТЕВТСОПЕ, ЧЪСМ ОБЮБМШОЙЛ ФЕМПИТБОЙФЕМЕК; |
| Swedish | Likaledes tog översten för drabanterna bort faten, fyrfaten, offerskålarna, askkärlen, ljusstakarna, de andra skålarna och bägarna, allt vad som var av rent guld eller av rent silver. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SPOONS": spoonsful. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SPOONS": dessertspoons, soupspoons, tablespoons, teaspoons. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SPOONS": dessertspoonsful, tablespoonsful, teaspoonsful. (additional references) | |
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"SPOONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: poons, soons, Sopron, Spanos, spinos, spion, spon, spons, sponse, sppon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SPOONS" (pronounced spuw"nz) |
| 4 | -p uw" n z | harpoons. |
| 3 | -uw" n z | afternoons, coons, baboons, balloons, cartoons, cocoons, croons, dunes, goons, lagoons, loons, monsoons, moons, noons, platoons, pontoons, prunes, raccoons, saloons, tunes, tycoons, typhoons. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: snoops. | |
| Words within the letters "n-o-o-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: poons, snoop, spoon. | |
-2 letters: oops, pons, poon, sons, soon, sops. | |
-3 letters: noo, nos, ons, ops, son, sop, sos. | |
-4 letters: no, on, op, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-o-o-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: poisons, sponson, sponsor. | |
+2 letters: opsonins, plosions, pocosins, poorness, snoopers, sopranos, soupcons, sponsion, sponsons, sponsors, spooneys, spoonies. | |
+3 letters: anoopsias, cosponsor, empoisons, iodopsins, isopodans, opsonizes, planosols, poisoners, poisonous, positions, positrons, postpones, potstones, prognoses, prognosis, scorpions, snoopiest, snowdrops, snowplows, soapstone, sorptions, soupspoon, spittoons, sponsions, sponsored, spontoons, spoolings, spoonfuls, spooniest, spoonsful, teaspoons, topstones. | |
+4 letters: compassion, copestones, corposants, cosponsors, displosion, downspouts, duopsonies, endoscopes, endospores, explosions, implosions, moonscapes, nonpersons, nonprossed, nonprosses, noospheres, oppression, opsonifies, poisonings, pollenoses, pollenosis, pollinoses, pollinosis, polonaises, ponderosas, poornesses, porousness, possession, postilions, postponers, postprison, postseason, procession, proconsuls, profession, profusions, prolusions, provisions, responsory, rhodopsins, saxophones, soapstones, sopraninos, soupspoons, sousaphone, sphenodons, sponsorial, sponsoring, spookiness, spoonbills, spoonerism, sporozoans, stonecrops, tonoplasts, transposon. | |
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