different between spork vs runcible

English

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Etymology

Blend of spoon +? fork; originally a trademark

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sp??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /spo??k/, /sp??k/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k

Noun

spork (plural sporks)

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.

Translations

Verb

spork (third-person singular simple present sporks, present participle sporking, simple past and past participle sporked)

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

See also

• foon
• knork
• runcible spoon
• splade

Anagrams

• porks

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spork

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??k/

Noun

spork f (plural sporks)

1. spork

Synonyms

• cuichette

English

Etymology

A nonce word coined by the English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812–1888) in his poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat (published 1870). It has been suggested that the word was modelled after rounceval, rouncival (“a large pea, the marrowfat”) (late 16th c.).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ns?b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ns?b?l/
• Hyphenation: run?ci?ble

Adjective

runcible (not comparable)

1. (humorous) A nonce word used for humorous effect. [from c. 1870]

Derived terms

• runcible spoon

References

Further reading

• runcible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Runcible spoon”, in The Word Detective, November 2009, archived from the original on 5 March 2017