ˈwudn adj. 1
made of
wood. 2 like wood. 3 a
stiff,
clumsy, or
stilted;
without animation or flexibility (wooden movements; a wooden performance). b expressionless (a wooden stare). øwooden-head colloq. a
stupid person. wooden-headed colloq. stupid. wooden-headedness colloq. stupidity. wooden
horse =
Trojan Horse. wooden
spoon a
booby prize (orig. a spoon
given to
the candidate coming last in the Cambridge
mathematical tripos). øøwoodenly adv. woodenness n.