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    scoop
    [sko͞op]
    noun
    scoop (noun) · scoops (plural noun) · the scoop (noun)
    1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a long handle and a deep bowl, used for removing powdered, granulated, or semisolid substances (such as ice cream) 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"
    2. informal
      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"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        (the scoop)
        the latest information about something:
        "“What's the scoop, old-timer?”"
    verb
    scoop (verb) · scoops (third person present) · scooped (past tense) · scooped (past participle) · scooping (present participle)
    1. pick up and move (something) with a scoop:
      "Philip began to scoop grain into his 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"
    2. informal
      publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or radio or television station):
      "time and again we have scooped our rivals with the top stories and pictures"
    Origin
    Middle English (originally denoting a utensil for pouring liquids): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe ‘waterwheel bucket’; from a West Germanic base meaning ‘draw water’; related to the verb shape.
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    noun
    1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a long handle and a deep bowl, used for removing powdered, granulated, or semisolid substances (such as ice cream) from a container:
    2. a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals:
      exclusive (story)
      inside story
      the latest
       
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    1. scoop [ skoop ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
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      scoop (sko͞op) n. 1. a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
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      scoop (sko̅o̅p), n. a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
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      Definition of scoop noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary scoop noun /skup/ enlarge image [countable] a tool like a large spoon with a deep bowl, used for picking up substances in powder form like flour, or for serving food like ice cream
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