scoop

Scoop is defined as a bowl-shaped utensil used for removing or moving an amount of something.

(noun)

An example of a scoop is the utensil used to take ice cream out of a container and place it on a cone.

The definition of scoop is a lower, rounded neckline of a garment.

(adjective)

An example of scoop as an adjective is the phrase scoop neck dress which is a dress that shows cleavage.

To scoop is to dig out or hollow out.

(verb)

An example of to scoop is to removed flour from a canister using a small shovel-like tool.

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See scoop in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. any of various utensils shaped like a small shovel or a ladle; specif.,
    1. a kitchen utensil used to take up sugar, flour, etc.
    2. a small utensil with a round bowl, for dishing up ice cream, mashed potatoes, etc.
    3. a small, spoonlike surgical instrument
  2. the deep shovel of a dredge or steam shovel, which takes up sand, dirt, etc.
  3. the act or motion of taking up with or as with a scoop
  4. the amount taken up at one time by a scoop
  5. a hollowed-out place
  6. Informal
    1. the publication or broadcast of a news item before a competitor; beat
    2. such a news item
    3. current, esp. confidential, information

Origin: ME scope < MDu schope, bailing vessel, schoppe, a shovel, akin to Ger schöpfen, to dip out, create

adjective

designating a rounded, somewhat low neckline in a dress, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to take up or out with or as with a scoop
  2. to empty by bailing
  3. to dig (out); hollow (out)
  4. to make by digging out
  5. to gather (in or up) as if with a scoop
  6. Informal to publish or broadcast a news item before (a competitor)

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See scoop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
    b. The amount that such a utensil can hold.
  2. a. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
    b. A portion of food gathered with this utensil.
  3. A ladle; a dipper.
  4. An implement for bailing water from a boat.
  5. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
  6. The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.
  7. A hollow area; a cavity.
  8. An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: “The [sports car] has . . . enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still” (Mark Weinstein).
  9. A scooping movement or action.
  10. Informal An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
  11. Informal Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?
transitive verb scooped, scoop·ing, scoops
  1. To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.
  2. To hollow out by digging.
  3. To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
  4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English scope

Origin: , from Middle Dutch

Origin: and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water

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Related Forms:

  • scoopˈer noun
  • scoopˈfulˌ noun

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