Scoop | Meaning of scoop

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scoop (noun)
Any cup- 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.

scoop (noun)
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.

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

scoop (noun)
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.

scoop (noun)
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

scoop (noun)
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

scoop (noun)
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

scoop (noun)
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.

scoop (noun)
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

scoop (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.

scoop (verb)
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.

scoop (verb)
To consume an alcoholic beverage.
He was caught scooping in the local park.

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