scoop

scoop

left to right: flour and ice-cream scoops

scoop

 (sko͞op)

n.

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.

e. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.

f. A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.

g. The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold: ate two scoops of ice cream.

2. A scooping movement or action: made a nice scoop to catch the ball.

3. Informal

a. An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.

b. Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?

4. A rounded, usually low-cut neckline, as on a blouse or dress. Also called scoop neck, scoop neckline.

5. A hollow area; a cavity.

6. An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: "The [sports car] has ... enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).

tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops

1. To take up and often reposition with a scoop: scooped popcorn into a bag.

2. To hollow out by digging.

3. To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.

4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.

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[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]

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scoop′er n.

scoop′ful′ n.

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scoop

(skuːp)

n

1. a utensil used as a shovel or ladle, esp a small shovel with deep sides and a short handle, used for taking up flour, corn, etc

2. a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids

3. (Cookery) a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato

4. (Tools) anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge

5. (Surgery) a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body

6. the quantity taken up by a scoop

7. the act of scooping, dredging, etc

8. a hollow cavity

9. slang a large quick gain, as of money

10. (Journalism & Publishing) a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive

11. (Journalism & Publishing) any sensational piece of news

vb (mainly tr)

12. (often foll by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop

13. (often foll by out) to hollow out with or as if with a scoop: to scoop a hole in a hillside.

14. to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)

15. (Journalism & Publishing) to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item

16. (General Sporting Terms) sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air

[C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for baling]

ˈscooper n

ˈscoopˌful n

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scoop

(skup)

n.

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.

5. a hollow or hollowed-out place.

6. the act of scooping; a scooping movement.

7. a news item revealed in one newspaper, newscast, etc., before all others.

8. Informal. current information; news: What's the scoop on the new chairman?

9. Informal. a big haul, as of money.

v.t.

10. to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.

11. to empty with a scoop.

12. to form a hollow or hollows in.

13. to form with or as if with a scoop.

14. to pick up or gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands (often fol. by up).

15. to reveal a news item before (one's competitors).

[1300–50; (n.) Middle English scope < Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the n.]

scoop′er, n.

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Scoop

 an amount of some items obtained in a large quantity, as with a scoop; a piece of luck; an exclusive newspaper story.

Example: scoop of penance, 1440.

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scoop

Past participle: scooped
Gerund: scooping

Imperative

scoop

scoop

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scoop - the quantity a scoop will hold   scoopful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	2.	scoop - a hollow concave shape made by removing something pocket concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	3.	scoop - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" exclusive news report, write up, account, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
	4.	scoop - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, soap gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape
	5.	scoop - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe scoop shovel backhoe - an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed shovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
	6.	scoop - a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream" ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
Verb	1.	scoop - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" lift out, scoop up, scoop out, take up remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
	2.	scoop - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" best, outdo, outflank, trump beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart - defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

scoop

verb

1. win, get, receive, land, gain, achieve, net, earn, pick up, bag (informal), secure, collect, obtain, procure, come away with films which scooped awards around the world

noun

1. ladle, bailer, spoon, dipper a small ice-cream scoop

2. spoonful, lump, dollop (informal), ball, ladleful She gave him an extra scoop of clotted cream.

3. exclusive, exposé, coup, revelation, sensation, inside story one of the biggest scoops in the history of newspapers

scoop something or someone up gather up, lift, pick up, take up, sweep up or away He began to scoop his things up frantically. I wanted to scoop him up in my arms and give him a hug.

scoop something out

1. take out, empty, dig out, scrape out, spoon out, bail or bale out Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.

2. dig, shovel, excavate, gouge, hollow out A hole had been scooped out next to the house.

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scoop

noun

Informal. New information, especially about recent events and happenings:

advice (often used in plural), intelligence, news, tiding (often used in plural), word.

verb

1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:

delve, dig, excavate, grub, shovel, spade.

2. To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it.Also used with up:

bail, dip, lade, ladle.

3. To make by digging:

dig, excavate, shovel.

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Translations

سَبْقٌ صَحَفيمِجْرَفَه، مِعْزَقَهمِلْء المِجْرَفَهيَجْرُف، يَغْرُف

lžícenaběračkanaběráksbíratsólokapr

feje sammenscoopsensation

EiskugelKelleSchaufelschaufelnschöpfen

primiciaachicadorcavarcucharadacucharón

ilma-aukkokaapiakauhakauhallinenkauhoa

exclusivitépelleprimeur

elsõnek leközölt szenzációmerítőkanál

ausa, skeiî, skóflabirting fréttar á undan keppinautumtína

palaporzione di gelatopubblicare in anteprimaramaioloscavare

samtelissensacinga žiniasusemti

grabienslāpstiņaliekšķerenemienssagrābt

scheppen

godt stoffporsjonsskjeskjesleiv

ковшковшевидностьковшевидныйковшеобразностьковшеобразный

výhradná správaza naberačku

ekskluzivna reportažalopaticanabrati z zajemalkozajemalka

alıp koymakatlatma haberkepçekepçe ile almak

一勺勺子抢先得到的新闻挖空独家新闻

scoop

[skuːp]

A. N

1. (for flour) → pala f; (for ice cream, water) → cucharón m; (= quantity scooped) → palada f, cucharada f

2. (by newspaper) → exclusiva f (Comm) → golpe m financiero, pelotazo m
to make a scoop (Press) → dar una exclusiva (Comm) → ganar un dineral de golpe y porrazo, dar el pelotazo
it was a scoop for the paper → fue un gran éxito para el periódico
we brought off the scoop → logramos un triunfo con la exclusiva

B. VT

1. (= pick up) → recoger

2. (Comm) [+ profit] → sacar (Comm, Press) [+ competitors] → adelantarse a (Press) [+ exclusive story] → publicar en exclusiva
we scooped the other papers → quedamos por encima de los demás periódicos con nuestra exclusiva

3. [+ prize, award] → hacerse con, obtener

scoop out VT + ADV (with scoop) → sacar con pala; (with spoon) → sacar con cuchara; [+ water] → achicar; [+ hollow] → excavar, ahuecar

scoop up VT + ADV → recoger

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scoop

[ˈskuːp]

n

(= utensil) (for flour, sugar, rice) → pelle f; (for mashed potato) → louche f; (for ice cream) → cuiller f à glace; (for measuring coffee) → mesure f

(= amount scooped) [flour, sugar, rice, mashed potatoes] → mesure f; [mashed potato] → louche f; [ice cream] → boule f

(for bailing water) → écope f

(by the media) → scoop m

vt

(= move with scooping motion)
He scooped her into his arms → Il la cueillit dans ses bras.
He scooped the ball over the defender's head → Il fit une louche qui loba le défenseur.

(= move with utensil)
She scooped ice into the ice bucket → Elle mit quelques pelletées de glaçons dans le seau à glace.
He scooped the dog food out of the can → Il retira à la cuiller la nourriture pour chien de la boîte.

(PRESS) [+ rival newspaper] → doubler (avec un scoop)

[+ prize, award] → rafler

scoop out

vt sep → évider, creuser

scoop up

vt sep [+ clothes, objects] → ramasser
I scooped my son up in my arms → Je cueillis mon fils dans mes brasscoop neck

n → col m en U

modif [top, vest, T-shirt] → à col en U

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scoop

n

(= instrument) → Schaufel f; (for ice cream, potatoes etc) → Portionierer m; (= ball of ice cream, potato) → Kugel f; in one scoop (lit, fig) → auf einmal

(inf: = lucky gain) → Fang m (inf)

(Press) → Knüller m (inf), → Scoop m (sl); have you heard the latest scoop? → weißt du schon das Neueste?

vt

(with scoop) → schaufeln; liquid → schöpfen

The Times scooped the other papers → die Times ist den anderen Zeitungen zuvorgekommen

prize, jackpot, award → gewinnen

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scoop

:

scoop neck

n → U-Ausschnitt m

scoop-necked

adj → mit U-Ausschnitt

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scoop

[skuːp]

1. n

a. (for flour) → paletta; (for ice cream) → cucchiaio dosatore; (for water) → mestolo, ramaiolo

b. (also scoopful) → palettata, cucchiaiata, mestolata
three scoops of ice-cream → tre palline di gelato

c. (Press) → scoop m inv, colpo giornalistico (Comm) → affarone m

2. vt (Comm) (market) → accaparrarsi; (profit) → intascare (Comm, Press) (competitors) → battere sul tempo (Press) to scoop an exclusive (about) → accaparrarsi l'esclusiva (su)

scoop out vt + adv (flour, water) → svuotare (con paletta, cucchiaio); (hole) → scavare

scoop up vt + adv (child) → sollevare (tra le braccia); (books) → raccogliere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

scoop

(skuːp) noun

1. any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc. a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop. skeplepel مِجْرَفَه، مِعْزَقَه лъжица colher naběrák, lžíce die Schaufel portionsske κουτάλα, φτυάριpala, cucharón kulp, kopsik ملاقه kauha pelle, cuillerכף कलछी kutljača, šeflja merítőkanál sendok ausa, skeið, skófla cucchiaio; paletta; mestolo しゃくし 주걱 kaušelis, samtelis liekšķere; lāpstiņa; smeļamais kausiņš pencedok schep, lepeløse, sleiv, porsjonsskje typ łyżeczki څمڅۍ، څمڅه، چينچه، ملاقه: رشپېل، بېلچه، څمڅۍ وهنه، دعوامو خبرې، دخبرو په توګه په اخبار كې خپرول pá lopăţică; linguriţă совок, ковшик; мерная ложка naberačka, lyžica (na zmrzlinu); (hlboká) lopata lopata; lopatica lopatica skopa, slev, skovel เครื่องมือสำหรับตัก kepçe 圓杓 черпак; лопатка کفگیر cái muỗng 勺子

2. (also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop. a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain. skep مِلْء المِجْرَفَه лъжица (количество colherada naběračka, velká lžíce (množství) sensationelle Erstmeldung portionsske κουταλιά, φτυαριά palada, cucharada kulbitäis, kopsikutäis ملاقه پر kauhallinen primeur מְלוֹא הַכָּף स्कूप količina zagrabljena lopaticom ili kutljačom kanál(nyi) sendok (gayung, sekop, dsb.) penuh birting fréttar á undan keppinautum cucchiaiata 特種 한 주걱 kaušelis, samtelis ņēmiens; grābiens; sauja cedok primeursleiv, skjełyżka, gałka ملاقه furo scoop, ştire de senzaţie publicată/difuzată în exclu­si­vitate полныи совок; полная ложка za naberačku polna zajemalka puna lopatica skopa, slev, skovel หน่วยนับที่ได้จากการตักต่อหนึ่งภาชนะ kepçe 一杓的量 повний черпак کفگیر میں سمانے والی مقدار một muỗng (xẻng, gàu...) 一勺

3. a piece of news etc that one newspaper gets and prints before the others. The reporter was sure that he had a scoop for his paper. eksklusiewe nuusstorie سَبْقٌ صَحَفي сензационна новина furo sólokapr die aktellste Schlagzeile/Nachricht sensation; scoop αποκλειστική είδηση, λαβράκι primicia kõmu-uudis خبر داغ دست اول skuuppi exclusivité יְדִיעָה בִּלעָדִית अनूठी खबर ekskluzivna, udarna vijest (elsőnek leközölt) szenzáció; hír berita eksklusif birting fréttar á undan keppinautum scoop 特種 특종 sensacinga žinia sensacionāla ziņa skup primeurgodt stoff, varp, kuppwiadomość, `bomba` دخبرو په توګه په اخبار كې خپرول furo scoop, ştire de senzaţie publicată/difuzată în exclu­si­vitate сенсационная новость senzačná správa (pre noviny) ekskluzivna reportaža senzacionalna vest scoop ข่าวที่หนังสือพิมพ์ฉบับหนึ่งรายงานก่อนฉบับอื่น atlatma haber 獨家新聞 сенсаційна новина گرما گرم خبر tin sốt dẻo 独家新闻，抢先得到的新闻

verb

to move with, or as if with, a scoop. He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers. opskep يَجْرُف، يَغْرُف загребвам juntar sbírat schaufeln feje sammen μαζεύω, φτυαρίζω cavar kokku kühveldama با ملاقه برداشتن kahmia ramasser לַחפוֹן, לְהָרִים कलछी से निकालना, उठाना grabiti, dupsti kimer mengeruk tína (upp/saman) tirare su すくう 그러모으다 susemti saņemt; sasmelt; sagrābt mengaup scheppenskuffe, øse zgarnąć څمڅۍ كول: كيندل: په چمچه راټولول: دعواويناوى را غونډول اوخپرول juntar a aduna зачерпывать; сгребать zbierať nagrabiti zahvatiti lopaticom ösa, skyffla, skrapa กอบ; โกย kepçe ile almak, alıp koymak 用圓杓舀取，模仿圓杓狀舀取 черпати; видовбувати کفگیر وغیرہ کی طرح استعمال کرنا xúc, múc 舀取，挖空

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scoop

n. paletada, cucharada.

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