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spooning

The English word “spooning” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of picking something up with a spoon.
  2. The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.

Etymology

The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.

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