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Definition of 'scoop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scoop
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.

2.  scoop
a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.

3.  scoop
the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.

4.  scoop
the quantity held or taken up in a scoop.

5.  scoop
a hollow or hollowed-out place.

6.  scoop
the act of scooping; a scooping movement.

7.  scoop
a news item revealed in one newspaper, newscast, etc., before all others.

8.  scoop
Informal. current information; news:
What's the scoop on the new chairman?

9.  scoop
Informal. a big haul, as of money.

10. (v.t.) scoop
to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.

11.  scoop
to empty with a scoop.

12.  scoop
to form a hollow or hollows in.

13.  scoop
to form with or as if with a scoop.

14.  scoop
to pick up or gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands (often fol. by
up).

15.  scoop
to reveal a news item before (one's competitors).

Etymology: (1300–50; (n.) ME scope < MD schōpe; (v.) ME scopen, der. of the n.)

Definition of 'scoop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scoop, scoopful
the quantity a scoop will hold

2. (noun) scoop, pocket
a hollow concave shape made by removing something

3. (noun) exclusive, scoop
a news report that is reported first by one news organization
"he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

4. (noun) soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

5. (noun) scoop, scoop shovel
the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

6. (verb) scoop
a large ladle
"he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

7. (verb) scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
"scoop the sugar out of the container"

8. (verb) outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
get the better of
"the goal was to best the competition"

Definition of 'scoop'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) scoop
a deep rounded spoon, or the amount of food you pick up with this spoon
an ice cream scoop; a scoop of chocolate ice cream

2. scoop
the scoop
exciting or new information
What's the scoop on Sam and his girlfriend - are they getting married?

3. (verb) scoop
to pick up with a quick movement
He scooped up the ball and ran.

Definition of 'scoop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) scoop
a large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats

2. (noun) scoop
a deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine

3. (noun) scoop
a spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies

4. (noun) scoop
a place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow

5. (noun) scoop
a sweep; a stroke; a swoop

6. (noun) scoop
the act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling

7. (noun) scoop
to take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out

8. (noun) scoop
to empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry

9. (noun) scoop
to make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation

Translation of 'scoop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop.
Afrikaans: skeplepel	Arabic: مِجْرَفَه، مِعْزَقَه	Bulgarian: лъжица
Brazilian: colher	Czech: naběrák, lžíce	German: die Schaufel
Danish: portionsske	Greek: κουτάλα, φτυάρι	Spanish: pala, cucharón
Estonian: kulp, kopsik	Farsi: ملاقه	Finnish: kauha
French: pelle, cuiller	Hebrew: כָּף	Hindi: कलछी
Croatian: kutljača, šeflja	Hungarian: merítőkanál	Indonesian: sendok
Icelandic: ausa, skeið, skófla	Italian: cucchiaio; paletta; mesto	Japanese: しゃくし
Korean: 주걱	Lithuanian: kaušelis, samtelis	Latvian: liekšķere; lāpstiņa; smeļ
Malay: pencedok	Dutch: schep, lepel	Norwegian: øse, sleiv, porsjonsskje
Polish: typłyżeczki	Persian: ملاقه	Pashto: څمڅۍ، څمڅه، چينچه، ملاقه:
Portuguese: pá	Romanian: lopăţică; linguriţă	Russian: совок, ковшик; мерная лож
Slovak: naberačka, lyžica (na zmr	Slovenian: lopata; lopatica	Serbian: lopatica
Swedish: skopa, slev, skovel	Thai: เครื่องมือสำหรับตัก	Turkish: kepçe
Taiwanese: 圓杓	Ukrainian: черпак; лопатка	Urdu: کفگیر
Vietnamese: cái muỗng	Chinese: 勺子
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