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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scoop has 6 senses

Verb scoop has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

scoopn. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schÜppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel.].
  •  A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.  [1913 Webster]
    "Some had lain in the scoop of the rock."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.  [1913 Webster]
  •  a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops.  [PJC]
  •  an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?.  [PJC]
Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. -- Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
scoopv. t. [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.].
  •  To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.  [1913 Webster]
    "He scooped the water from the crystal flood."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.  [1913 Webster]
    "Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint."  [1913 Webster]
scoopv. t. 
     to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scoop, n. & v.
--n.
1 any of various objects resembling a spoon, esp.: a a short-handled deep shovel used for transferring grain, sugar, coal, coins, etc. b a large long-handled ladle used for transferring liquids. c the excavating part of a digging-machine etc. d Med. a long-handled spoonlike instrument used for scraping parts of the body etc. e an instrument used for serving portions of mashed potato, ice-cream, etc.
2 a quantity taken up by a scoop.
3 a movement of or resembling scooping.
4 a piece of news published by a newspaper etc. in advance of its rivals.
5 a large profit made quickly or by anticipating one's competitors.
6 Mus. a singer's exaggerated portamento.
7 a scooped-out hollow etc.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by out) hollow out with or as if with a scoop.
2 (usu. foll. by up) lift with or as if with a scoop.
3 forestall (a rival newspaper, reporter, etc.) with a scoop.
4 secure (a large profit etc.) esp. suddenly.

Idiom
scoop-neck the rounded low-cut neck of a garment. scoop-net a net used for sweeping a river bottom, or for catching bait.
Derivative
scooper n. scoopful n. (pl. -fuls).
Etymology
ME f. MDu., MLG schope bucket etc., rel. to SHAPE

THESAURUS

scoop

account, acquaintance, alveolation, alveolus, announcement, antrum, armpit, article, bail, basin, beat, bit, blue book, bore, bowl, brass tacks, briefing, bucket, budget of news, bulletin, burrow, butt, cavity, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, communication, communique, concave, concavity, copy, crater, crumb, crypt, cup, cut, cutting, data, datum, decant, delve, depression, dig, dig out, dike, dip, dipper, directory, dish, dish out, dish up, dispatch, dollop, dope, dredge, drill, drive, end, enlightenment, essential facts, essentials, evidence, excavate, exclusive, facts, factual information, familiarization, fold, follicle, fork, fragment, funnel chest, furrow, gather, gather up, gen, general information, gob, gobbet, gouge, gouge out, groove, grub, guidebook, handout, hard information, hole, hollow, hollow out, hollow shell, hunk, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, lacuna, lade, ladle, latest, lift, light, low-down, lower, lump, mention, message, mine, modicum, moiety, morsel, news item, notice, notification, paring, particle, pick up, piece, pit, pocket, poop, pour, presentation, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, punch bowl, quarry, rasher, release, report, revelation, sap, scoop out, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, shard, shaving, shell, shiver, shovel, shred, sidelight, sink, sinus, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, socket, spade, splinter, spoon, spoon out, spot news, statement, stitch, story, stump, sweep up, take in, take up, tatter, the data, the details, the dope, the facts, the goods, the information, the know, the particulars, the picture, the scoop, the score, the specifics, the whole story, transmission, trench, trough, truth, tunnel, vug, white book, white paper, word

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Concavity

VB be concave, retire, cave in, render concave, depress, hollow, scoop, scoop out, gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.

Perforator

N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.

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