English
Etymology
From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”).[1]. Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel.
Pronunciation
Noun
scoop (plural scoops)
- Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with 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.
- The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
- 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.
- A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
- J. R. Drake
- Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
- A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
- A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- (Scotland) The peak of a cap.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
any cup- or bowl-shaped object
act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling
news learned and reported before anyone else
- Catalan: primícia f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 獨家新聞/独家新闻, 独家新闻 (dújiā xīnwén)
- Dutch: primeur (nl), nieuwtje (nl), noviteit (nl)
- Finnish: skuuppi (fi)
- German: Exklusivmeldung f, Scoop (de) m, Knüller (de) m, Exklusivbericht m
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- Italian: colpo giornalistico m, notizia in esclusiva f, primizia (it) f, anteprima (it) f, anticipazione (it) f
- Japanese: スクープ (sukūpu)
- Persian: خبر داغ، خبر دست اول
- Portuguese: furo jornalístico
- Russian: горячая новость (gorjačaja novostʹ)
- Spanish: primicia (es) f, chiva f (Colombia), tubazo m (Venezuela)
- Swedish: scoop (sv) n
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opening in an automobile to admit air
digging attachment on a front-end loader
spoon-shaped surgical instrument
special spinal board used by EMS staff
Verb
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.
2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport[1]:Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.
- (transitive) To make hollow; to dig out.
- I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
- (transitive) To report on 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.
- (slang) To pick (someone) up
- You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?
Derived terms
Translations
to lift, move, or collect with or as though with a scoop
to make hollow; to dig out
to report a newsworthy event before anyone else
music: to start slightly below target pitch
slang: to pick (someone) up
— see also pick up
Translations to be checked
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English scoop.
Pronunciation
Noun
scoop m (plural scoops)
- scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English scoop. Compare scoprire (“uncover”), scoperta (“discovery”).
Noun
scoop m (uncountable)
- scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)
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