Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To remove something from a container or area using a scooping or digging motion. This often implies using a tool like a spoon, ladle, or hands cupped together to lift and extract material.
   • To hollow or carve out the inside of something, creating a cavity or removing the contents.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • Please scoop out three cups of flour from the bag.
  • The child used a small shovel to scoop out sand and build a castle.
  • The first step in the recipe is to scoop out the seeds from the pumpkin.
  • He carefully scooped out the rotten part of the apple with a knife.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe taking or winning something decisively.
  • The new company scooped out a large portion of the market share from its competitors.

Variants and Related Words

• Scoop (verb/noun): The base word. As a verb, it means to pick up or move with a scooping action. As a noun, it is the tool used for scooping.
  • She used an ice cream scoop to scoop the dessert into a bowl.
• Scooped (adjective): Describes something that has been hollowed out or has a concave shape.
  • The scooped neckline of her dress was very elegant.

Synonyms

• Remove: To take away.
• Extract: To take or pull out, often with effort.
• Gouge out: To force or cut something out, often creating a rough hole.
• Ladle out: To remove liquid or food with a ladle (a type of scoop).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Scoop up: To lift something quickly or in large amounts with a scooping motion. This often implies collecting from a surface rather than from within a container.
  • She scooped up the papers that had fallen on the floor.

Related Idioms

• (To) Scoop the pool: To win all the prizes or everything of value available.
  • Their team scooped the pool at the science fair, winning first, second, and third place.

Verb

1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   • scoop the sugar out of the container
2. hollow out with a scoop
   • scoop out a melon