scoop

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/skuːp/

noun 5verb 5

Collocations

ADJ.

double, new

The newspaper got a double scoop when they broke both stories on the same day.

VERB + SCOOP

cake, continued, find, gave, get, hands, kept, lengthwise

She gave me the scoop on what happened at the party last night.

SCOOP + NOUN

blackberries, chocolate, coffee, cream, dog, ice, mint, pooh

I gave my dog a scoop of ice cream on his birthday.

PREP.

from, in, on, out, up, with, with

She scooped up the scattered papers from the floor before anyone could see them.

Definitions

noun

Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

She kept a scoop in the dog food.

an ice-cream scoop

The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.

I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.

A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.

"We may get a scoop, if we are lucky. You'll be there in any case, so you'll just give us a pretty full report."

An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

verb

To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.

Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.

To make hollow; to dig out.

I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.

To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.

To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.

To pick (someone) up

You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

noun — a news report that is reported first by one news organizatio

exclusive

noun — the quantity a scoop will hold

scoopful

noun — a hollow concave shape made by removing something

pocket

verb — get the better of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

inside scoop

The newest, exclusive, or even confidential information on someone or something, especially when it is not typically well-known or accessible to the general public.

I welcome the opportunity to give you the inside scoop on the raunchiest crew of lungers who ever rode a mattress.

Example Bank

She kept a scoop in the dog food.

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an ice-cream scoop

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Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.

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He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.

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Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the

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I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, scoop is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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