scoop

/sku:p/
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scoop

He uses a scoop to serve ice cream into a cone.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A utensil for lifting and moving loose material: A tool, often like a deep shovel or a spoon with a handle, used to pick up and transfer substances like ice cream, flour, or soil.
    • The amount contained in a scoop: The quantity of something that can be held by one scooping action.
    • An exclusive news story: A piece of news reported by one journalist or news organization before all others, giving them an advantage.
    • A hollow, concave shape: A depression or hole made by scooping something out.

  2. Verb:

    • To lift or gather with a scooping motion: To use a scoop or a similar curved motion to pick something up.
    • To win or obtain something quickly or decisively: To secure something, like a prize or an advantage, often before others can.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • She used an ice cream scoop to serve dessert.
    • Add two scoops of protein powder to the shake.
    • The journalist's scoop about the election result made headlines.

  • Verb:

    • He scooped the dog food into the bowl.
    • The new company scooped the award for best design.
Advanced Usage

  • "to scoop up": To lift or collect something, especially quickly or in large amounts.

    • She scooped up the papers that had fallen on the floor.

  • "to scoop out": To remove the inside part of something, creating a hollow.

    • Scoop out the seeds from the pumpkin.
Variants and Related Words
  • Scooper (n): A tool or person that scoops.
  • Scoopful (n): The amount that fills one scoop.
Synonyms
  • Noun (utensil): Ladle, dipper, spoon.
  • Noun (news): Exclusive, inside story.
  • Verb: Lift, gather, shovel.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Scoop up: (As defined in Advanced Usage).
  • Scoop out: (As defined in Advanced Usage).
Related Idioms
  • "To scoop the pool": To win all the prizes or all the available money in a competition.
    • Their innovative product scooped the pool at the industry awards.
scoop

He uses a scoop to serve ice cream into a cone.

Noun
  1. a large ladle
    • he used a scoop to serve the ice cream
  2. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
  3. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
  4. a news report that is reported first by one news organization
    • he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
  5. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
  6. the quantity a scoop will hold
Verb
  1. get the better of
    • the goal was to best the competition
  2. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
    • scoop the sugar out of the container

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