a spoon made of wood, used in cooking for stirring and mixing 木匙；木勺 
- (British English, informal)
an imaginary prize for somebody who comes last in a race or competition （在赛跑或比赛中）获得最后一名，成为末名 My team got the wooden spoon after getting all the questions wrong. 我的团队在所有问题都弄错之后得到了木勺。
Word Origina spoon made of wood was formerly given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos (final exams for a BA degree).