spoons

Etymology

noun

1. plural of spoon
2. A child's card game.
3. (music) A pair of spoons used as a musical instrument by tapping them on parts of the body.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spoon

adj

1. (slang, archaic) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
   […] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced. 1922, Lydia Miller Middleton, The Happy Adventures
   […] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing. 1876, The Young Ladies' Journal, page 548