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   scoop

   /skuːp/

   noun

   • 1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a short handle and a deep bowl, used for removing dry or semi-solid substances from a container: "the powder is packed in tubs in which a measuring scoop is provided" Similar spoonladledipperbailer
   • ▪ a short-handled deep shovel used for moving grain, coal, etc.
   • ▪ a moving bowl-shaped part of a digging machine, dredger, or other mechanism into which material is gathered.
   • ▪ a long-handled surgical instrument that resembles a spoon.
   • ▪ a quantity taken up by a scoop: "an apple pie with scoops of ice cream on top" Similar spoonfulladlefulportionlumpballinformal:dollop
   • 2. a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals: informal "reporters at the city's three tabloid papers usually compete for scoops" Similar exclusive (story)inside storyexposérevelationcoupthe latest
   • ▪ the latest information about something: North American "‘What's the scoop, old-timer?’"
   • 3. an exaggerated upward slide or portamento in singing.

   verb

   • 1. pick up and move (something) with a scoop: "I scooped the grain into the bag"
   • ▪ create (a hollow or hole) with or as if with a scoop: "a hole was scooped out in the floor of the dwelling" Similar hollow outgouge outdigexcavatecut outremovetake outspoon outscrape outladle outbail out
   • ▪ pick up (someone or something) in a swift, fluid movement: "he laughed and scooped her up in his arms" Similar pick upgather upliftsweep upcatch uptake upsnatch upgrabremoveclear awayOpposite drop
   • 2. publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or broadcaster): informal "time and again we have scooped our rivals with the top stories and pictures"
   • ▪ win (an amount of money, a prize, or a trophy): "they scooped £250,000 on the pools"
   • 3. (in singing) preface notes with an exaggerated upward slide or portamento: "she has a tendency to scoop up to the initial notes of phrases"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally denoting a utensil for pouring liquids): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe ‘waterwheel bucket’; from a West Germanic base meaning ‘draw water’; related to the verb shape.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scooper noun
   • 2. scoopful noun

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