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scoop
[ skoop ]
noun
- a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
- a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil:
two scoops of chocolate ice cream.
- the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
- Surgery. a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.
- a hollow or hollowed-out place.
- the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.
- the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.
- Journalism. a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.
- Informal. news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source:
What's the scoop on working this machine?
- a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.
- Informal. a big haul, as of money.
- Television, Movies. a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.
verb (used with object)
- to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.
- to empty with a scoop.
- to form a hollow or hollows in.
- to form with or as if with a scoop.
- to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first:
They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.
- to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands:
He scooped the money into his pocket.
verb (used without object)
- to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop:
to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
scoop
/ skuːp /
noun
- a utensil used as a shovel or ladle, esp a small shovel with deep sides and a short handle, used for taking up flour, corn, etc
- a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids
- a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato
- anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge
- a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body
- the quantity taken up by a scoop
- the act of scooping, dredging, etc
- a hollow cavity
- slang.a large quick gain, as of money
- a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive
- any sensational piece of news
verb
- often foll by up to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
- often foll by out to hollow out with or as if with a scoop
to scoop a hole in a hillside
- to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
- to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
- sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air
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Derived Forms
- ˈscoopˌful, noun
- ˈscooper, noun
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Other Words From
- scooper noun
- outscoop verb (used with object)
- under·scoop noun
- under·scoop verb (used with object)
- un·scooped adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scoop1
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Example Sentences
With a 1¾-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans.
The children desperately scoop the water out with their hands.
In stand mixer, mix cookie mix following the directions on the box, scoop 11 cookies onto baking sheet, place in oven.
McClatchy was the winner and got the scoop, and I will live with that.
She refuses to speak on the record about an issue because she has already guaranteed that scoop to another magazine.
Jess laid the dog down on a bed of moss as she spoke, and started energetically to scoop up piles of the fragrant needles.
Only blue ground showed, and there was a power scoop digging out more.
The scoop which he used for the purpose would, he thought, be sufficient for throwing the water overboard.
Musakbut kug usa ka kumkum bugas, I will scoop out a handful of rice.
We throw some pennies to another group, and the one nearest the coin picks it up by making a scoop of his flipper-like palm.
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