Dictionary entries for 'scoop'

Synonyms

scoop (skōōp)

[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]

noun

1. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
2. The amount that such a utensil can hold.
1. 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.
2. 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 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?

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.