scoop
scoop definition
scoop (sko̵̅o̅p)
noun
- any of various utensils shaped like a small shovel or a ladle; specif.,
- a kitchen utensil used to take up sugar, flour, etc.
- a small utensil with a round bowl, for dishing up ice cream, mashed potatoes, etc.
- a small, spoonlike surgical instrument
- the deep shovel of a dredge or steam shovel, which takes up sand, dirt, etc.
- the act or motion of taking up with or as with a scoop
- the amount taken up at one time by a scoop
- a hollowed-out place
- ☆ Informal
- the publication or broadcast of a news item before a competitor; beat
- such a news item
- current, esp. confidential, information
Etymology: 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
- to take up or out with or as with a scoop
- to empty by bailing
- to dig (out); hollow (out)
- to make by digging out
- to gather (in or up) as if with a scoop
- ☆ Informal to publish or broadcast a news item before (a competitor)
Related Forms:
- scooper scoop′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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