scoop

1. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.

2. The amount that such a utensil can hold.

3. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.

4. A portion of food gathered with this utensil.

1. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.

2. A portion of food gathered with this utensil.

A ladle; a dipper.

An implement for bailing water from a boat.

A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.

The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.

A hollow area; a cavity.

An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: "The [sports car] has . . . enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).

A scooping movement or action.

Informal An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.

Informal Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?

To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.

To hollow out by digging.

To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.

Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.