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Definition of 'scoop'

English

Noun

(wikipedia) (en-noun)
  • Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
    • She kept a scoop in the dog food.
  • The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
    • Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
    I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
  • The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
  • A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
    • He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
  • (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
  • The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
  • A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
  • A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
  • A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
  • A special spinal board used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
  • A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

    • Synonyms

    * (tool) scooper * (amount held by a scoop) scoopful

    Derived terms

    * apple-scoop * butter scoop * cheese-scoop * ice-cream scoop * poop scoop (rel-mid3) * scoop bonnet * scoop driver * scoopful * scoop neck (rel-mid3) * scoop neckline * scoop-net * scoop wheel * scoopy (rel-bottom)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
    • He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
  • * {{quote-news
    • |year=2011 |date=December 27 |author=Mike Henson |title=Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham |work=BBC Sport citation |page= |passage=Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.}}
  • To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
    • The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
  • To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
  • To consume an alcoholic beverage.
    • He was caught scooping in the local park.

    Derived terms

    * scooped * scooper * scoop in (rel-mid3) * scooping * scoop out * scoop the kitty (rel-mid3) * scoop the pool * scoop up (rel-bottom)

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