Scoop | Mean of scoop in English Dictionary

/ˈskuːp/

• Noun
• a kitchen tool like a spoon that has a usually thick handle and a deep bowl for taking something from a container
1. an ice-cream scoop
2. a flour scoop
• something that is shaped like a bowl or bucket and used to pick up and move things
1. a backhoe with a large scoop
2. the scoop of a shovel [=the part of a shovel that is like a bowl]
• the amount of something that is held in a scoop
1. a scoop [=scoopful] of ice cream

• a news story that is reported before other news reporters know about it
1. The story turned out to be the political scoop of the year.
• information about something that is currently important or happening or that is interesting to many people
1. Did you talk to him? What's the scoop? [=what did he say?; what is happening?]
2. She always knows the scoop.
3. Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.
4. I was with them when it happened, so I've got the inside scoop. [=information known only by a particular group of people]
• the act of picking up something with a quick, continuous motion
1. With one scoop, he gathered up all the clothes on the floor.
• Verb
• to pick up and move (something) with a scoop, a spoon, etc.
1. She has a job scooping ice cream.
2. He scooped flour into the bowl.
3. A backhoe was scooping dirt from the hole.
4. The children scooped handfuls of marbles from the pile.
5. Cut the melon in half and scoop the seeds out.
6. He scooped out the leaves from the pool with the net.
• to pick up (something or someone) in one quick, continuous motion
1. He scooped the dice off the table and rolled again.
2. She quickly scooped up her child.
3. The shortstop scooped the ball up and threw it to first base.
• to make (a hole, hollow, etc.) by using a scoop, spoon, etc.
1. Scoop a hole in the dough for the filling.
2. The mother turtle scoops [=digs] out a hollow in the sand and lays her eggs in it.
3. a lake that was scooped out by glaciers long ago
• to report a news story before (any other newspaper, news program, etc.)
1. The city's biggest newspaper got scooped by a weekly paper that released the story a full day before.
• to win (something, such as a large prize or reward)
1. He managed to scoop first place.
• to take or buy (something) in a quick and eager way
1. Customers scooped up [=scarfed up] the free samples.