1. scoop(n = noun.quantity) scoopful - the quantity a scoop will hold; Array
is a kind of containerful
Derived form verb scoop1
2. scoop(n = noun.shape) pocket - a hollow concave shape made by removing something; Array
is a kind of concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
Derived form verb scoop1
3. scoop(n = noun.communication) exclusive - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
is a kind of account, news report, report, story, write up
4. scoop(n = noun.artifact) easy lay, georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate; Array
is a kind of gamma hydroxybutyrate, ghb
5. scoop(n = noun.artifact) scoop shovel - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe; Array
is a kind of shovel
is a part of backhoe, dredge
Derived form verb scoop1
6. scoop(n = noun.artifact) Array - a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
is a kind of ladle
Derived form verb scoop1
1. scoop(v = verb.contact) lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived forms noun scoop6, noun scoop5, noun scoop1, noun scoop2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. scoop(v = verb.competition) best, outdo, outflank, trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentences:
The fighter managed to scoop his opponent
1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. [1913 Webster]
2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. [1913 Webster]
3. A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. [1913 Webster]
4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. [1913 Webster]
"Some had lain in the scoop of the rock." [1913 Webster]
5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. [1913 Webster]
6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. [1913 Webster]
7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops. [PJC]
8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a
9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [PJC]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. [1913 Webster]
"He scooped the water from the crystal flood." [1913 Webster]
2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. [1913 Webster]
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. [1913 Webster]
"Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint." [1913 Webster]
to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
scoop, n. & v.
--n.
1 any of various objects resembling a spoon, esp.: a a short-handled deep shovel used for transferring grain, sugar, coal, coins, etc. b a large long-handled ladle used for transferring liquids. c the excavating part of a digging-machine etc. d Med. a long-handled spoonlike instrument used for scraping parts of the body etc. e an instrument used for serving portions of mashed potato, ice-cream, etc.
2 a quantity taken up by a scoop.
3 a movement of or resembling scooping.
4 a piece of news published by a newspaper etc. in advance of its rivals.
5 a large profit made quickly or by anticipating one's competitors.
6 Mus. a singer's exaggerated portamento.
7 a scooped-out hollow etc.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by out) hollow out with or as if with a scoop.
2 (usu. foll. by up) lift with or as if with a scoop.
3 forestall (a rival newspaper, reporter, etc.) with a scoop.
4 secure (a large profit etc.) esp. suddenly.
Idiom:
scoop-neck the rounded low-cut neck of a garment. scoop-net a net used for sweeping a river bottom, or for catching bait.
Derivative:
scooper n. scoopful n. (pl. -fuls).
Etymology:
ME f. MDu., MLG schope bucket etc., rel. to SHAPE
VB be concave, retire, cave in, render concave, depress, hollow, scoop, scoop out, gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.
N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.