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Scoop

Scoop Meaning & Definition
Scoop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scoop?

[n] a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
[n] the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe
[n] a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
[n] the quantity a scoop will hold
[n] a hollow concave shape made by removing something
[v] get the better of
[v] take out or up with or as if with a scoop
[v] profit suddenly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scoop: best | exclusive | lift out | make a scoop | outdo | outflank | pocket | scoop out | scoop shovel | scoop up | scoopful | take up | trump

Related Terms | Find terms related to Scoop:

See Also | account | backhoe | beat | beat out | concave shape | concavity | containerful | crush | dredge | incurvation | incurvature | ladle | news report | outmaneuver | outmanoeuvre | outsmart | profit | remove | report | shell | shovel | story | take | take away | trounce | turn a profit | vanquish | withdraw | write up

Scoop In Webster's Dictionary

\Scoop\, n. A beat. [Newspaper Slang]
\Scoop\, v. t. To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival). [Newspaper Slang]
\Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E. shove. See {Shovel}.] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. 2. 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. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. 4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R. Drake. 5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. 6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. {Scoop net}, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. {Scoop wheel}, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
\Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scooping}.] [OE. scopen. See {Scoop}, n.] 1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. He scooped the water from the crystal flood. --Dryden. 2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. 3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot.

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