spooning
nounEtymology The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly.
› The action of the verb to spoon
1
The act of picking something up with a spoon.
- Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries.1995, Ernest Hebert, Live Free Or Die, page 246:
2
The act of lying on their sides, nestled front-to-back on a bed.