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spoondrift en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈspuːndɹɪft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈspundɹɪft/ (General-American)

Etymology

Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon + drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”), spoon being a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”), but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of spindrift.
    alt of spindrift

Forms

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spoon-drift alternative lexicographic
spoondrifts Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Oxford English Dictionary · wikipedia: Scottish National Dictionary