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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scoop /skup/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a ladlelike utensil, used for measuring flour, etc.
- a utensil made of a small bowl and a handle, for dishing out ice cream, etc.
- Buildingthe bucket of a steam shovel, etc.
- the amount held in a scoop:two scoops of sugar.
- Journalisma news item appearing in one newspaper, etc., before all others:got a scoop when he found out where the crooks were hiding and called the police.
- Informal Termscurrent information;
news:[usually: the + ~]What's the scoop on the new chairman? v. - to take up or out with or as if with a scoop: [~ (+ out/up) + object]She scooped (out) some ice cream.[~ + object (+ out/up)]scooped some ice cream (out).
- scoop up, to gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands: [~ + up + object]She scooped up her books.[~ + object + up]She scooped her books up.
- to reveal a news item before (one's competitors):[~ + object]scooped the other newspapers with his front-page story.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scoop (sko̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. - a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. 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.
- Buildingthe bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
- Surgerya 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.
- Journalisma news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.;
beat. - Informal Termsnews, information, or details, esp. 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 Termsa big haul, as of money.
- Cinema, Radio and Television[Television, Motion Pictures.]a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.
v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop:to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
- Middle Dutch schōpe; (verb, verbal) Middle English scopen, derivative of the noun, nominal
- (noun, nominal) Middle English scope 1300–50
scoop′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scoop /skuːp/ n - 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
vb (mainly tr)- (often followed by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
- (often followed by out) to hollow out with or as if with a scoop
- to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
- to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
Etymology: 14th Century: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for balingˈscooper n ˈscoopˌful n |