scoop
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[edit] Noun
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scoop (plural scoops)
- Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually including a handle used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- She kept a scoop in the dog food
- The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
- Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
- I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream
- A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
- He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
- The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
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- apple-scoop
- butter scoop
- cheese-scoop
- ice-cream scoop
- poop scoop
- scoop bonnet
- scoop driver
- scoopful
- scoop neck, scoop neckline
- scoop-net
- scoop-out
- scoop the kitty, scoop the pool
- scoop wheel
- scoopy
[edit] Translations
any cup- or bowl-shaped object
amount held by a scoop
news learned and reported before anyone else
opening in an automobile to admit air
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to scoop (third-person singular simple present scoops, present participle scooping, simple past and past participle scooped)
- (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
- He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
- (transitive) To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
- The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- To consume an alcoholic beverage.
- He was caught scooping in the local park.
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[edit] Translations
to lift, move, or collect with or as though with a scoop
to learn something before someone else
music: to start slightly below target pitch
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[edit] Noun
scoop m. inv.
- scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)