Thesaurus: spoom

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1. v. i. To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.
2. To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. Dryden.
3. To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; tobe driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part ofthe sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.]When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes helpto fill the sail. Dryden.
4. spoom (third-person singular simple present spooms, present participle spooming, simple past and past participle spoomed) (nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.