Definitions
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- verb transitive to feed using a spoon
- verb transitive, figuratively to
teach orassist whilst requiring little or noeffort on the part of the person being taught or assisted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb teach without challenging the students
- verb feed with a spoon
Etymologies
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Examples
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Southland because it does not "spoonfeed" the audience.
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IMHO, The Motley Fool has never been designed to "spoonfeed", but rather to inspire an intelligent, educated approach to investments.
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IMHO, The Motley Fool has never been designed to "spoonfeed", but rather to inspire an intelligent, educated approach to investments.
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IMHO, The Motley Fool has never been designed to "spoonfeed", but rather to inspire an intelligent, educated approach to investments.
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IMHO, The Motley Fool has never been designed to "spoonfeed", but rather to inspire an intelligent, educated approach to investments.
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It's even the high-achieving students who've been deprived of the opportunity to develop curious minds by teachers who've been able to spoonfeed them to their grades.
How do we make our schools fit to face the 21st century? 2011
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IF you go and vote for McCain in the fall instead of Obama then you truly are a bunch of spoonfeed fools.
Polls show Clinton stronger against McCain in crucial states 2008
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Her job is to spoonfeed the masses a bunch of pre-packaged baby food.
CNN's Candy Crowley: Not My Role To Judge Who The Bigger Liar Is 2009
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America cannot spoonfeed Africa with foreign aid because what Africa need is a trading partner that is willing to give her concessions in matters of trade and finance.
President Obama and Africa: The meaning of historic visit to Ghana 2009
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I'm still hanging in there, but I'm really disappointed with the new direction that BSG and most of the rest of television is going these days (make it up as you go and act like you have an enormous backstory mythology, then spoonfeed viewers with only enough info to force them to watch next week).
yarb commented on the word spoonfeed
I like the 'ooee' in this.
October 18, 2008
whichbe commented on the word spoonfeed
This is a good idea for a list, yarbsy.
October 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word spoonfeed
Death-defying, 'rb.
October 18, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word spoonfeed
The letters of this word are in reverse alphabetical order.
January 3, 2011