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Spokes
- noun - one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
Sponge
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- soak up with a sponge
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spongy
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Spoofs
- noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
Spooks
- noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- Term for an undercover agent
Spooky
- adjective - Scary
- unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Spools
- noun - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
- wind onto a spool or a reel
Spoons
- noun - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
- as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
- formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
- scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"
- snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Spoors
- noun - the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"