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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
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