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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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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.
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.
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
1 day 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.
SCOOP meaning: 1. a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end that is used to dig out and move a soft substance or powder…. Learn more.
noun. a hollow concave shape made by removing something. synonyms: pocket. see more. 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.
1. a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. 2. a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods. 3. the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc. 4. the quantity held or taken up in a scoop.
SCOOP definition: 1. to remove something from a container using a spoon, your curved hands, etc: 2. a large, deep…. Learn more.
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.
Scoop Definition. Any of various utensils shaped like a small shovel or a ladle. 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. A ladle; a dipper.
