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Scoop

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Noun

1. scoop, scoopful

the quantity a scoop will hold

2. pocket, scoop

a hollow concave shape made by removing something

3. exclusive, scoop

a news report that is reported first by one news organization

Example Sentences:
'he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials'

4. easy lay, georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

5. scoop, scoop shovel

the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

6. scoop

a large ladle

Example Sentences:
'he used a scoop to serve the ice cream'

Verb

7. lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up

take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Example Sentences:
'scoop the sugar out of the container'

8. best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump

get the better of

Example Sentences:
'the goal was to best the competition'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scoop

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids
3. 
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
4. 
anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge
5. 
a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body
6. 
the quantity taken up by a scoop
7. 
the act of scooping, dredging, etc
8. 
a hollow cavity
9. slang
a large quick gain, as of money
10. 
a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive
11. 
any sensational piece of news
verb (mainly tr)
12. (often foll by up)
to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
13. (often foll by out)
to hollow out with or as if with a scoop
to scoop a hole in a hillside
14. 
to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
15. 
to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
16. sport
to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Scoop

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noun
1. 
any of various utensils shaped like a small shovel or a ladle
; specif.,
a. 
a kitchen utensil used to take up sugar, flour, etc.
b. 
a small utensil with a round bowl, for dishing up ice cream, mashed potatoes, etc.
c. 
a small, spoonlike surgical instrument
2. 
the deep shovel of a dredge or steam shovel, which takes up sand, dirt, etc.
3. 
the act or motion of taking up with or as with a scoop
4. 
the amount taken up at one time by a scoop
5. 
a hollowed-out place
6.  US, Informal
a. 
the publication or broadcast of a news item before a competitor; beat
b. 
such a news item
c. 
current, esp. confidential, information
adjective
7. 
designating a rounded, somewhat low neckline in a dress, etc.
verb transitive
8. 
to take up or out with or as with a scoop
9. 
to empty by bailing
10. 
to dig (out); hollow (out)
11. 
to make by digging out
12. 
to gather (in or up) as if with a scoop
13.  US, Informal
to publish or broadcast a news item before (a competitor)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scoop

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tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops
1. To take up and often reposition with a scoop: scooped popcorn into a bag.
2. To hollow out by digging.
3. To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.
n.
1.
a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
b. 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.
c. A ladle; a dipper.
d. An implement for bailing water from a boat.
e. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
f. A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.
g. The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold: ate two scoops of ice cream.
2. A scooping movement or action: made a nice scoop to catch the ball.
3. Informal
a. An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
b. Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?
4. A rounded, usually low-cut neckline, as on a blouse or dress. Also called scoop neck, scoop neckline.
5. A hollow area; a cavity.
6. 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).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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