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   Scoop

   /sko͞op/

   

   noun

   • 1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a long handle and a deep bowl, used for removing powdered, granulated, or semisolid substances (such as ice cream) from a container: "the powder is packed in tubs in which a measuring scoop is provided" Similar spoonladledipperbailer
   • ▪ a short-handled deep shovel used for moving grain, coal, etc.
   • ▪ a moving bowl-shaped part of a digging machine, dredger, or other mechanism into which material is gathered.
   • ▪ a long-handled surgical instrument that resembles a spoon.
   • ▪ a quantity taken up by a scoop: "an apple pie with scoops of ice cream on top" Similar spoonfulladlefulportionlumpballinformal:dollop
   • 2. a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals: informal "reporters at the city's three tabloid papers usually compete for scoops" Similar exclusive (story)inside storyexposérevelationcoupthe latest
   • ▪ the latest information about something: North American "“What's the scoop, old-timer?”"

   verb

   • 1. pick up and move (something) with a scoop: "Philip began to scoop grain into his bag"
   • ▪ create (a hollow or hole) with or as if with a scoop: "a hole was scooped out in the floor of the dwelling" Similar hollow outgouge outdigexcavatecut outremovetake outspoon outscrape outladle outbail out
   • ▪ pick up (someone or something) in a swift, fluid movement: "he laughed and scooped her up in his arms" Similar pick upgather upliftsweep upcatch uptake upsnatch upgrabremoveclear awayOpposite drop
   • 2. publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or radio or television station): informal "time and again we have scooped our rivals with the top stories and pictures"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally denoting a utensil for pouring liquids): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe ‘waterwheel bucket’; from a West Germanic base meaning ‘draw water’; related to the verb shape.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scooper noun
   • 2. scoopful noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does scoop mean?

   • : a spoon-shaped surgical instrument used in extracting various materials (as pus or foreign bodies) Nglish: Translation of scoop for Spanish Speakers Britannica English: Translation of scoop for Arabic Speakers Love words? Need even more definitions?

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   What is a scoop in a sentence?

   • [VERB noun preposition/adverb] A scoop is an object like a spoon which is used for picking up a quantity of a food such as ice cream or an ingredient such as flour. ...a small ice-cream scoop. A scoop of food is the amount that a scoop will hold. She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.

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   What is a scoop of food?

   • A scoop of food is the amount that a scoop will hold. She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream. You can use scoop to refer to an exciting news story which is reported in one newspaper or on one television programme before it appears anywhere else. ...one of the biggest scoops in the history of newspapers.

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   Is scoop a noun or a verb?

   • Also, if you pick up a little dog into your arms, you might say you scooped it up. Scoop is one of many words that can be a noun and a verb, even in the same sentence: when you go to an ice cream shop you can ask your server to give you one, two, or three scoops.

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   noun. a hollow concave shape made by removing something. synonyms: pocket. see more. noun. a large ladle. “he used a scoop to serve the ice cream” see more. verb. take out or up with or as if with a scoop. “ scoop the sugar out of the container” synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up. see more. noun.

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