scoop

scoopleft to right: flour and ice-cream scoops

scoop

S0154000 (sko͞op)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).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.

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[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]

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scoop′er n.scoop′ful′ n.

scoop

(skuːp) n1. 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, etc2. a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids3. (Cookery) a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato4. (Tools) anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge5. (Surgery) a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body6. the quantity taken up by a scoop7. the act of scooping, dredging, etc8. a hollow cavity9. slang a large quick gain, as of money10. (Journalism & Publishing) a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive11. (Journalism & Publishing) any sensational piece of newsvb (mainly tr) 12. (often foll by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop13. (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. (Journalism & Publishing) to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item16. (General Sporting Terms) sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air[C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for baling] ˈscooper n ˈscoopˌful n

scoop

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n. 1. a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. 2. a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods. 3. the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc. 4. the quantity held or taken up in a scoop. 5. a hollow or hollowed-out place. 6. the act of scooping; a scooping movement. 7. a news item revealed in one newspaper, newscast, etc., before all others. 8. Informal. current information; news: What's the scoop on the new chairman? 9. Informal. a big haul, as of money. v.t. 10. to take up or out with or as if with a scoop. 11. to empty with a scoop. 12. to form a hollow or hollows in. 13. to form with or as if with a scoop. 14. to pick up or gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands (often fol. by up). 15. to reveal a news item before (one's competitors). [1300–50; (n.) Middle English scope < Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the n.] scoop′er, n.

Scoop

 an amount of some items obtained in a large quantity, as with a scoop; a piece of luck; an exclusive newspaper story.Example: scoop of penance, 1440.

scoop

Past participle: scooped
Gerund: scooping

Imperative
scoop
scoop

Present
I scoop
you scoop
he/she/it scoops
we scoop
you scoop
they scoop

Preterite
I scooped
you scooped
he/she/it scooped
we scooped
you scooped
they scooped

Present Continuous
I am scooping
you are scooping
he/she/it is scooping
we are scooping
you are scooping
they are scooping

Present Perfect
I have scooped
you have scooped
he/she/it has scooped
we have scooped
you have scooped
they have scooped

Past Continuous
I was scooping
you were scooping
he/she/it was scooping
we were scooping
you were scooping
they were scooping

Past Perfect
I had scooped
you had scooped
he/she/it had scooped
we had scooped
you had scooped
they had scooped

Future
I will scoop
you will scoop
he/she/it will scoop
we will scoop
you will scoop
they will scoop

Future Perfect
I will have scooped
you will have scooped
he/she/it will have scooped
we will have scooped
you will have scooped
they will have scooped

Future Continuous
I will be scooping
you will be scooping
he/she/it will be scooping
we will be scooping
you will be scooping
they will be scooping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scooping
you have been scooping
he/she/it has been scooping
we have been scooping
you have been scooping
they have been scooping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scooping
you will have been scooping
he/she/it will have been scooping
we will have been scooping
you will have been scooping
they will have been scooping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scooping
you had been scooping
he/she/it had been scooping
we had been scooping
you had been scooping
they had been scooping

Conditional
I would scoop
you would scoop
he/she/it would scoop
we would scoop
you would scoop
they would scoop

Past Conditional
I would have scooped
you would have scooped
he/she/it would have scooped
we would have scooped
you would have scooped
they would have scooped

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scoop - the quantity a scoop will hold scoopfulcontainerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	2.	scoop - a hollow concave shape made by removing somethingpocketconcave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	3.	scoop - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"exclusivenews report, write up, account, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
	4.	scoop - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrategrievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, soapgamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape
	5.	scoop - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoescoop shovelbackhoe - an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earthdredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbedshovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
	6.	scoop - a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
Verb	1.	scoop - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"lift out, scoop up, scoop out, take upremove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
	2.	scoop - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"best, outdo, outflank, trumpbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart - defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

scoop

verb1. win, get, receive, land, gain, achieve, net, earn, pick up, bag (informal), secure, collect, obtain, procure, come away with films which scooped awards around the worldnoun1. ladle, bailer, spoon, dipper a small ice-cream scoop2. spoonful, lump, dollop (informal), ball, ladleful She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.3. exclusive, exposé, coup, revelation, sensation, inside story one of the biggest scoops in the history of newspapersscoop something or someone up gather up, lift, pick up, take up, sweep up or away He began to scoop his things up frantically. I wanted to scoop him up in my arms and give him a hug.scoop something out1. take out, empty, dig out, scrape out, spoon out, bail or bale out Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.2. dig, shovel, excavate, gouge, hollow out A hole had been scooped out next to the house.

scoop

nounInformal. New information, especially about recent events and happenings:advice (often used in plural), intelligence, news, tiding (often used in plural), word.verb1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:delve, dig, excavate, grub, shovel, spade.2. To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it.Also used with up:bail, dip, lade, ladle.3. To make by digging:dig, excavate, shovel.

Translations

一勺勺子抢先得到的新闻挖空独家新闻

scoop

(skuːp) noun1. any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc. a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop. 圓杓 勺子2. (also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop. a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain. 一杓的量 一勺3. a piece of news etc that one newspaper gets and prints before the others. The reporter was sure that he had a scoop for his paper. 獨家新聞 独家新闻，抢先得到的新闻 verb to move with, or as if with, a scoop. He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers. 用圓杓舀取，模仿圓杓狀舀取 舀取，挖空