1
a
: a large ladle
b
: a deep shovel or similar implement for digging, dipping, or shoveling
c
: a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food
d
: a small spoon-shaped utensil or instrument for cutting or gouging
2
a
: the action of scooping
b
: the amount contained by a scoop
3
a
: a hollow place : cavity
b
: a part forming or surrounding an opening for channeling a fluid (such as air) into a desired path
4
a
: information especially of immediate interest
b
5
: a rounded and usually low-cut neckline on a woman's garment
called also scoop neck
scooped; scooping; scoops
1
a
: to take out or up with or as if with a scoop : dip
b
: to pick up quickly or surreptitiously with or as if with a sweep of the hand
—often used with up
scoop up the treat
2
: to empty by ladling out the contents
3
: to make hollow : dig out
4
: beat sense 5a(2)
scooped the rival newspaper
scooper
noun
Synonyms
Examples of scoop in a Sentence
Noun
a backhoe with a large scoop
The story turned out to be the political scoop of the year.
She always knows the scoop.
Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.
Verb
She has a job scooping ice cream.
He scooped flour into the bowl.
A backhoe was scooping dirt from the hole.
The children scooped handfuls of marbles from the pile.
He scooped the dice off the table and rolled again.
Scoop a hole in the dough for the filling.
The city's biggest newspaper got scooped by a weekly paper that released the story a full day before.
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Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Jack Hartung, Chipotle’s former CFO and now president of strategy, finance, and supply chain, told Bloomberg in July that every customer would be guaranteed two substantial scoops of rice and four ounces of meat.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
As Claude leaves a weirdly nonspecific voicemail for Valentina in the next room (another classic blunder), Roselyn scoops some cyanide-containing silver polish out of its container on his desk and stirs it briskly into his tea.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Noun
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—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Jack Hartung, Chipotle’s former CFO and now president of strategy, finance, and supply chain, told Bloomberg in July that every customer would be guaranteed two substantial scoops of rice and four ounces of meat.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Switching to the Bass Boost preset makes the drums thunderous, but the sound becomes aggressively scooped, overwhelming the mids.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
As Claude leaves a weirdly nonspecific voicemail for Valentina in the next room (another classic blunder), Roselyn scoops some cyanide-containing silver polish out of its container on his desk and stirs it briskly into his tea.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Scoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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scoop
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a large shovel (as for shoveling coal)
b
: a tool or utensil shaped like a shovel for digging into a soft substance and lifting out a portion
c
: a round utensil with a handle for dipping out soft food (as ice cream)
d
: a small tool for cutting or gouging
2
: an act or the action of scooping : a motion made with or as if with a scoop
3
a
: the amount held by a scoop
a scoop of ice cream
b
: a hole made by scooping
4
a
: information of immediate interest
what's the scoop
b
: the reporting of a news story ahead of competitors
scoop
2 of 2 verb1
: to take out or up with or as if with a scoop
2
: to make hollow
3
: to report a news story ahead of
scooper
noun
Medical Definition
scoop
noun
: a spoon-shaped surgical instrument used in extracting various materials (as pus or foreign bodies)
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