spork

noun, verb — 2 senses

spork

noun

UK /ˈspɔːk/ · CA, US /ˈspoɹk/

Etymology Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon.

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.

Derived terms
sporkful, sporklike

spork

verb

Etymology Blend of spoon + fork; originally a trademark. Doublet of fpoon.

1

To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.

  • She was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants.2002, Olivia Goldsmith, Pen pals:
  • 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.2007 July 29, Erin McKean, “Corpus”, in New York Times:

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