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.

See scoop in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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
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
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

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See scoop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
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.
A ladle; a dipper.
An implement for bailing water from a boat.
A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.
A hollow area; a cavity.
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).
A scooping movement or action.
Informal An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
Informal Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?

transitive verb scooped, scoop·ing, scoops

To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.
To hollow out by digging.
To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
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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