wooden spoon

wooden spoon

Meaning

  1. A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
  2. An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
  3. The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
  4. The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwʊdən spuːn/

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