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scoop

noun · verb

Simple meaning

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

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈskup

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Definition

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noun

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

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

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

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

  5. A large ladle

    “He used a scoop to serve the ice cream.”

  6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

verb

  1. transitive

    To make hollow; to dig out.

  2. transitive

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

  3. Take out or up with or as if with a scoop

  4. transitive

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

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

More ways to use scoop

  • “He used a scoop to serve the ice cream.”noun
  • “He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials.”noun

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cream scoopsmall scoopbig scoopair scoopreal scoop

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Compound terms

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  • scoop outverbCompound term

    Hollow out with a scoop.

  • scoop shotnounCompound term

    A basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion.

  • scoop shovelnounCompound term

    The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe.

  • scoop upverbCompound term

    Take out or up with or as if with a scoop.

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Synonyms

Sense: to make hollow

scoop out

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