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Scoop
skuːp
- 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"
- a short-handled deep shovel used for moving grain, coal, etc.
- a moving bowl-shaped part of a digging machine, dredger, or other mechanism into which material is gathered
- a long-handled surgical instrument that resembles a spoon
- a quantity taken up by a scoop
"an apple pie with scoops of ice cream on top"
- a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals
"reporters at the city's three tabloid papers usually compete for scoops"
- the latest information about something
"‘What's the scoop, old-timer?’"
- an exaggerated upward slide or portamento in singing
- pick up and move (something) with a scoop
"I scooped the grain into the bag"
- create (a hollow or hole) with or as if with a scoop
"a hole was scooped out in the floor of the dwelling"
- pick up (someone or something) in a swift, fluid movement
"he laughed and scooped her up in his arms"
- publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or broadcaster)
"time and again we have scooped our rivals with the top stories and pictures"
- win (an amount of money, a prize, or a trophy)
"they scooped £250,000 on the pools"
- (in singing) preface notes with an exaggerated upward slide or portamento
"she has a tendency to scoop up to the initial notes of phrases"