scoop

[ skoop ]

/ skup /

noun

a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.

a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.

a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil: two scoops of chocolate ice cream.

the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.

Surgery. a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.

a hollow or hollowed-out place.

the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.

the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.

Journalism. a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.

Informal. news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source: What's the scoop on working this machine?

a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.

Informal. a big haul, as of money.

Television, Movies. a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.

verb (used with object)

to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.

to empty with a scoop.

to form a hollow or hollows in.

to form with or as if with a scoop.

to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first: They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.

to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands: He scooped the money into his pocket.

verb (used without object)

to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.

Origin of scoop

1300–50; (noun) Middle English scope < Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM scoop

scoop·er, noun out·scoop, verb (used with object) un·der·scoop, noun un·der·scoop, verb (used with object)

un·scooped, adjective

Words nearby scoop

sconce, sconcheon, sconcheon arch, scone, scooby doo, scoop, scoop neck, scoopful, scoosh, scoot, scoot over

Example sentences from the Web for scoop

With a 1¾-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans.

Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies |Ina Garten |November 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In stand mixer, mix cookie mix following the directions on the box, scoop 11 cookies onto baking sheet, place in oven.

Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship |Harley Morenstein |July 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
McClatchy was the winner and got the scoop, and I will live with that.

Jill Abramson Talks Obama Secrecy and Her New York Times Firing |Eleanor Clift |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She refuses to speak on the record about an issue because she has already guaranteed that scoop to another magazine.

Duke Porn Star Belle Knox Is Building Her Brand One Strip Club at a Time |Emily Shire |May 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

When the bucket came up with its first scoop of dirt, Metzler, the cemetery superintendent, walked over and looked at it.

Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns |Jimmy Breslin |November 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
"I think there's a scoop if you want to work it," said Pinney, darkly.

The Quality of Mercy |W. D. Howells
Cut a piece off each end, so they will stand, then scoop out, leaving the skins perfect.

My Pet Recipes, Tried and True |Various
Peel the tomatoes, cut off the stem end and scoop out the core and seeds.

Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs |Mrs. S. T. Rorer
The Scoop continued its interesting discussion of the poem in the issue of October 24, under a caption of “Yo-ho-ho!”

The Dead Men's Song |Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
Now Bartholemy thought he could scoop in the Spanish vessel.

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts |Frank Richard Stockton

British Dictionary definitions for scoop

scoop

/ (skuːp) /

noun

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

a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids

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

anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge

a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body

the quantity taken up by a scoop

the act of scooping, dredging, etc

a hollow cavity

slang a large quick gain, as of money

a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive

any sensational piece of news

verb (mainly tr)

(often foll by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop

(often foll by out) to hollow out with or as if with a scoop to scoop a hole in a hillside

to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)

to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item

sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air

Derived forms of scoop

scooper, noun scoopful, noun

Word Origin for scoop

C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for baling

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verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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Words nearby scoop

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