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scoop  (skp) n. 1. a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop. b. The amount that such a utensil can hold. 2. a. 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. b. A portion of food gathered with this utensil. 3. A ladle; a dipper. 4. An implement for bailing water from a boat. 5. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts. 6. The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe. 7. A hollow area; a cavity. 8. 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. 9. A scooping movement or action. 10. Informal An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor. 11. Informal Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors? tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops 1. To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop. 2. To hollow out by digging. 3. To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans. 4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story. [Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schpe, bucket for bailing water.] scooper n. scoopful n.

scoop left to right: flour and ice cream scoops

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scoop

Noun

1. a spoonlike tool with a deep bowl, used for handling loose or soft materials such as flour or ice cream

2. the deep shovel of a mechanical digger

3. the amount taken up by a scoop

4. the act of scooping or dredging

5. a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others

Verb

1. (often foll. by up)to take up and remove (something) with or as if with a scoop

2. scoop out to hollow out with or as if with a scoop

3. to beat (rival newspapers) in reporting a news item

4. to win (a prize, a large sum of money, etc) [Germanic]

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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.

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"

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scoop

verb 1. win, get, receive, land, gain, achieve, net, earn, pick up, bag (informal) secure, collect, obtain, procure, come away with

noun 2. ladle, spoon, dipper

noun 3. spoonful, lump, dollop (informal) ball, ladleful

noun 4. exclusive, exposé, coup, revelation, sensation, inside story

scoop something out

1. take out, empty, dig out, scrape out, spoon out, bail or bale out

2. dig, shovel, excavate, gouge, hollow out

scoop something or someone up gather up, lift, pick up, take up, sweep up or away

Translations

scoop [skuːp] n → cucharón m;

(for flour etc) → pala;

(PRESS) → exclusiva

vt (COMM) [+ market]; adelantarse a: [+ profit]; sacar;

(COMM, PRESS) [+ competitors]; adelantarse a

scoop out vt → excavar

scoop up vt → recoger

scoop [skuːp] n → pelle f (à main);

(for ice cream) → boule f à glace;

(Press) → reportage exclusif or à sensation

scoop out vt → évider, creuser

scoop up vt → ramasser

scoop [skuːp] n (for flour etc) → Schaufel f;

(for ice cream etc) → Portionierer m;

(amount) → Kugel f;

(Press) → Knüller m

scoop out scoop vt → aushöhlen

scoop up scoop vt → aufschaufeln;

(liquid) → aufschöpfen

scoop [skuːp] n → mestolo;

(for ice cream) → cucchiaio dosatore;

(PRESS) → colpo giornalistico, notizia (in) esclusiva

scoop out vt → scavare

scoop up vt → tirare su, sollevare

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scoop

n scoop [skuːp]

1 any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop.skeplepelمِجْرَفَه، مِعْزَقَهлъжицаnaběrák, lžíceportionsskedie Schaufelκουτάλα, φτυάριpala, cucharónkulp, kopsikملاقهkauhapelle, cuillerכָּףकलछीkutljača, šefljamerítőkanálsendokausa, skeið, skóflacucchiaio; paletta; mestoloしゃくし국자, 주걱kaušelis, samtelisliekšķere; lāpstiņa; smeļamais kausiņšpencedokschep, lepeløse, sleiv, porsjonsskjetyp łyżeczkipálopăţică; linguriţăсовок, ковшик; мерная ложкаnaberačka, lyžica (na zmrzlinu); (hlboká) lopatalopata; lopaticalopaticaskopa, slev, skovelเครื่องมือสำหรับตักkepçe勺子черпак; лопаткаکفگیرcái muỗng勺子

2 (also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain.skepمِلْء المِجْرَفَهлъжица (количествоnaběračka, velká lžíce (množství)portionsskesensationelle Erstmeldungκουταλιά, φτυαριάpalada, cucharadakulbitäis, kopsikutäisملاقه پرprimeurמְלוֹא הַכָּףस्कूपkoličina zagrabljena lopaticom ili kutljačomkanál(nyi)sendok (gayung, sekop, dsb.) penuhbirting fréttar á undan keppinautumcucchiaiata特種(신문의) 특종kaušelis, samtelisņēmiens; grābiens; saujacedokprimeursleiv, skjełyżka, gałkafuroscoop, ştire de senzaţie publicată/difuzată în exclu­si­vitateполный совок; полная ложкаza naberačkupolna zajemalkapuna lopaticaskopa, slev, skovelหน่วยนับที่ได้จากการตักต่อหนึ่งภาชนะkepçe (dolusu)獨家新聞повний черпакکفگیر میں سمانے والی مقدارmột muỗng (xẻng, gàu...)独家新闻

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 nuusstorieسَبْقٌ صَحَفيсензационна новинаsólokaprsensation; scoopdie aktellste Schlagzeile/Nachrichtαποκλειστική είδηση, λαβράκιprimiciakõmu-uudisخبر داغ دست اولjymyuutinenexclusivitéיְדִיעָה בִּלעָדִיתअनूठी खबरekskluzivna, udarna vijest(elsőnek leközölt) szenzáció; hírberita eksklusifbirting fréttar á undan keppinautumscoop特種(신문의) 특종sensacinga žiniasensacionāla ziņaskupprimeurgodt stoff, varp, kuppwiadomość, `bomba`furoscoop, ştire de senzaţie publicată/difuzată în exclu­si­vitateсенсационная новостьsenzačná správa (pre noviny)ekskluzivna reportažasenzacionalna vestscoopข่าวที่หนังสือพิมพ์ฉบับหนึ่งรายงานก่อนฉบับอื่นatlatma haber獨家新聞，搶先得到的新聞сенсаційна новинаگرما گرم خبرtin sốt dẻo独家新闻，抢先得到的新闻

v

to move with, or as if with, a scoop He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers.opskepيَجْرُف، يَغْرُفзагребвамsbíratfeje sammenschaufelnμαζεύω, φτυαρίζωcavarkokku kühveldamaبا ملاقه برداشتنkauhoaramasserלַחפוֹן, לְהָרִיםकलछी से निकालना, उठानाgrabiti, dupstikimermengeruktína (upp/saman)tirare suすくう푸다; 그러모으다susemtisaņemt; sasmelt; sagrābtmengaupscheppenskuffe, øsezgarnąćjuntara adunaзачерпывать; сгребатьzbieraťnagrabitizahvatiti lopaticomösa, skyffla, skrapaกอบ; โกยkepçe ile almak, alıp koymak舀черпати; видовбуватиکفگیر وغیرہ کی طرح استعمال کرناxúc, múc舀