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Meaning of 'scoop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scoop [ n.]
- A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
- A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
- A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
- A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
- To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
- To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
- To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.

Meaning of 'scoop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scoop [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a news report that is reported first by one news organization
Example in sentence:
  • he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
Meaning (2):
- a large ladle
Example in sentence:
  • he used a scoop to serve the ice cream
3 . scoop [ v]
Meaning (3):
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Example in sentence:
  • scoop the sugar out of the container
Meaning (4):
- get the better of
Example in sentence:
  • the goal was to best the competition

Nearby Words:

scoat scobby scobiform scobs scoff scoffed scoffer scoffery scoffing scoffingly

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