spoondrift

Meaning

Alternative form of spindrift

Synonyms

spindrift

broom

🧹

fine spray

Translations

αφρός των κυμάτων

embrun

spruzzaglia

Hyphenated as

spoon‧drift

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspuːndɹɪft/

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.