Spork

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /spɔːk/
• US IPA: /spoÊŠrk/, /spÉ”rk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)k

Origin

spoonfork; originally a trademark

Full definition of spork

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To move or impale (food etc.) with a spork.
• 2002, Olivia Goldsmith, Pen palsShe was sporking up her food with the kind of relish Jennifer had rarely seen at three star restaurants.
• 2007, July 29, Erin McKean, Corpus, 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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