Spoom (spo͞om), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See Spume.] (Naut.) 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.