scoop
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.
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.
to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
Origin of scoop
1Other words from scoop
- scooper, noun
- outscoop, verb (used with object)
- un·der·scoop, noun
- un·der·scoop, verb (used with object)
- un·scooped, adjective
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How to use scoop in a sentence
“Oh God, that was so much fun,” Sheehy says, wedging a cookie between two heaping scoops of ice cream—dessert.
But apparently there are scoops of great magnitude to be gleaned from these repetitive pictures.
The nationwide municipal elections do indeed raise the stakes, creating ripe terrain for political scoops and raging reaction.
The news was broken by a print magazine called Closer which specialises in paparazzi scoops.
Unconfirmed scoops, rumor-mill castoffs, and breaking-news alerts are all part of the real-time news cycle.
In this connection also may be mentioned ladles, fish slicers, and scoops.
Chats on Household Curios | Fred W. BurgessWooden bowls, scoops, and other articles occur among the remains of the lake-dwellings.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerHad ever a journalist such an opening and so little chance of using it—the scoop of scoops, and no one to appreciate it?
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan DoyleAs soon as cold weather comes on he digs a hole in the ground, or scoops out a place under some brush, and turns in.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam HawksworthSome kneeled down, made scoops of their two hands joined, and tried to sip before the wine had all run out between their fingers.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
British Dictionary definitions for scoop
/ (skuːp) /
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
(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
Origin of scoop
1Derived forms of scoop
- scooper, noun
- scoopful, noun
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