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- Dictionaryscoop/skuːp/
noun
- 1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a short handle and a deep bowl, used for removing dry or semi-solid substances from a container: "the powder is packed in tubs in which a measuring scoop is provided" Similar
- 2. a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals: informal "reporters at the city's three tabloid papers usually compete for scoops" Similar
verb
- 1. pick up and move (something) with a scoop: "I scooped the grain into the bag"
- 2. publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or broadcaster): informal "time and again we have scooped our rivals with the top stories and pictures"
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SCOOP definition: 1. a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end that is used to dig out and move a soft substance or powder…. Learn more.
1. a. : a large ladle. b. : a deep shovel or similar implement for digging, dipping, or shoveling. c. : a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food. d. : a small spoon-shaped utensil or instrument for cutting or gouging. 2. a. : the action of scooping. b. : the amount contained by a scoop. 3. a. : a hollow place : cavity. b.
Scoop definition: a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.. See examples of SCOOP used in a sentence.
Add to word list. [ C ] a tool with a handle and a curved, open end, used to dig out and move an amount of something: an ice-cream scoop. [ C ] A scoop is also the amount held by a scoop: Just one scoop of mashed potatoes for me, please.
noun. a large ladle. “he used a scoop to serve the ice cream” see more. verb. take out or up with or as if with a scoop. “ scoop the sugar out of the container” synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up. see more. noun. a news report that is reported first by one news organization. “he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials”
5 days ago · A scoop is an object like a spoon which is used for picking up a quantity of a food such as ice cream or an ingredient such as flour. ...a small ice-cream scoop. Synonyms: ladle, bailer, spoon, dipper More Synonyms of scoop. A scoop of food is the amount that a scoop will hold.
1. a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop. b. 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. c. A ladle; a dipper. d. An implement for bailing water from a boat.
verb. /skuːp/ Verb Forms. scoop something (+ adv./prep.) to move or lift something with a scoop or something like a scoop. She scooped ice cream into their bowls. First, scoop a hole in the soil. Scoop out the melon flesh. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
a large, deep spoon for lifting and moving an amount of something, or the amount that can be held in it: an ice cream scoop. a scoop of ice cream. scoop noun [C] (NEWS) a piece of news discovered and printed by one newspaper before it appears anywhere else. (Definition of scoop from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
[uncountable] the scoop on somebody/something (North American English, informal) the latest information about somebody/something, especially details that are not generally known. I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend. Word Origin. See scoop in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: scoop.
