plural sporks
: a multipurpose eating utensil that combines the bowl of a spoon with the tines of a fork
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Yet, with their spork, your child is digging into a sectioned plate containing arsenic, lead and cancer-causing cadmium every day. Allison Getty, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024 Someone writing this article may or may not have asked McDermott who the spork is of the Bills receiver room, to which McDermott laughed and declined to answer. Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 25 July 2024 The conversation was sparked by the brothers playing a cartoon depicting Jason getting expelled from preschool for stabbing someone with a spork. Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024 Unlike most utensils, the spork is a young man’s game. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for spork 

Word History

Etymology

blend of spoon entry 1 and fork entry 1

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spork was in 1970

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“Spork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spork. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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