Scoop - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |skuːp|  American pronunciation of the word scoop
Brit.  |skuːp|  British pronunciation of the word scoop

noun

- the quantity a scoop will hold
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something (syn: pocket)
- a news report that is reported first by one news organization (syn: exclusive)
he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate (syn: soap)
- the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
- a large ladle
he used a scoop to serve the ice cream

verb

- take out or up with or as if with a scoop (syn: scoop up, take up)
scoop the sugar out of the container
- get the better of (syn: best, outdo, outflank, trump)

Extra examples

The story turned out to be the political scoop of the year.

She always knows the scoop.

Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.

I'd get a scoop to rival Watergate.

This machine can scoop out the soil at a very fast rate.

Tortoise scoops out a nesting place in the sand and lays its eggs in it.

Use buckets to scoop up the water.

Millie had shown a flush and scooped the kitty.

She bent down and scooped up the little dog.

Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.

Time and again we have scooped our rivals.

Britain scooped the top prize in the over 50s category.

Scoop a hole in the dough for the filling.

Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.

Halve the melon and scoop out the pulp.

Phrasal verbs

scoop up  — take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scoop
he/she/it: scoops
present participle: scooping
past tense: scooped
past participle: scooped
noun
singular: scoop
plural: scoops
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