spork

English

Three sporks

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Etymology

Blend of spoon +‎ fork; originally a trademark.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɔːk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /spoəɹk/, /spɔɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k

Noun

spork (plural sporks)

1. An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.

   Synonym: foon

   Coordinate terms: knork, runcible spoon, splade

Translations

eating utensil

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叉勺 (chāsháo), 叉匙 (chāchí)

• Finnish: lusikkahaarukka (fi)
• French: cuillère-fourchette (fr) f, cuichette (fr) f
• German: Göffel (de) m
• Japanese: 先割れスプーン (sakiware supūn)
• Macedonian: лажовилушка f (lažoviluška)
• Marathi: स्पोर्क m (sporka)
• Polish: łyżkowidelec (pl) m
• Russian: ло́жка-ви́лка f (lóžka-vílka)
• Spanish: cuchador (es) m
• Swedish: skaffel (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can

Verb

spork (third-person singular simple present sporks, present participle sporking, simple past and past participle sporked)

1. (transitive) To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.
   • 2002, Olivia Goldsmith, Pen pals:

     She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants.

   • 2007 July 29, Erin McKean, “Corpus”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Now, obviously, most of this sporking is facetious, done purely for humorous intent (none of the eyeballs being sporked were in news reports), but the phenomenon of the weaponized spork is one that passed lexicographers and language researchers by until we saw the corpus evidence.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spork.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔʁk/

• Audio

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Noun

spork f (plural sporks)

1. spork

   Synonym: cuichette