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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.
b. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
c. A ladle; a dipper.
d. An implement for bailing water from a boat.
e. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
f. A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.
g. The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold: ate two scoops of ice cream.
2. A scooping movement or action: made a nice scoop to catch the ball.
3. Informal
a. An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
b. Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?
4. A rounded, usually low-cut neckline, as on a blouse or dress. Also called scoop neck, scoop neckline.
5. A hollow area; a cavity.
6. An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: "The [sports car] has ... enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).
tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops
1. To take up and often reposition with a scoop: scooped popcorn into a bag.
2. To hollow out by digging.
3. To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.
[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]
scoop′er n.
scoop′ful′ n.
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scoop
(skuːp)n
1. a utensil used as a shovel or ladle, esp a small shovel with deep sides and a short handle, used for taking up flour, corn, etc
2. a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids
3. (Cookery) a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato
4. (Tools) anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge
5. (Surgery) a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body
6. the quantity taken up by a scoop
7. the act of scooping, dredging, etc
8. a hollow cavity
9. slang a large quick gain, as of money
10. (Journalism & Publishing) a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive
11. (Journalism & Publishing) any sensational piece of news
vb (mainly tr)
12. (often foll by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
13. (often foll by out) to hollow out with or as if with a scoop: to scoop a hole in a hillside.
14. to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
15. (Journalism & Publishing) to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
16. (General Sporting Terms) sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air
[C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for baling]
ˈscooper n
ˈscoopˌful n
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scoop
(skup)n.
1. a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
2. a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
3. the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
4. the quantity held or taken up in a scoop.
5. a hollow or hollowed-out place.
6. the act of scooping; a scooping movement.
7. a news item revealed in one newspaper, newscast, etc., before all others.
8. Informal. current information; news: What's the scoop on the new chairman?
9. Informal. a big haul, as of money.
v.t. 10. to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.
11. to empty with a scoop.
12. to form a hollow or hollows in.
13. to form with or as if with a scoop.
14. to pick up or gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands (often fol. by up).
15. to reveal a news item before (one's competitors).
[1300–50; (n.) Middle English scope < Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the n.]
scoop′er, n.
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Scoop
an amount of some items obtained in a large quantity, as with a scoop; a piece of luck; an exclusive newspaper story.Example: scoop of penance, 1440.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
scoop
Past participle: scooped
Gerund: scooping
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| Noun | 1. |  scoop - the quantity a scoop will hold containerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
| 2. | scoop - a hollow concave shape made by removing something | |
| 3. | scoop - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" news report, write up, account, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" | |
| 4. |  scoop - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrategamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape | |
| 5. |  scoop - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoebackhoe - an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed shovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle | |
| 6. | scoop - a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream" ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another | |
| Verb | 1. | scoop - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container" |
| 2. |  scoop - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart - defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" |
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scoop
verb
noun
3. exclusive, exposé, coup, revelation, sensation, inside story one of the biggest scoops in the history of newspapers
scoop something or someone up gather up, lift, pick up, take up, sweep up or away He began to scoop his things up frantically. I wanted to scoop him up in my arms and give him a hug.
scoop something out
1. take out, empty, dig out, scrape out, spoon out, bail or bale out Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.
2. dig, shovel, excavate, gouge, hollow out A hole had been scooped out next to the house.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
scoop
nounInformal. New information, especially about recent events and happenings:
1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:
2. To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it.Also used with up:
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Translations
سَبْقٌ صَحَفيمِجْرَفَه، مِعْزَقَهمِلْء المِجْرَفَهيَجْرُف، يَغْرُف
lžícenaběračkanaběráksbíratsólokapr
feje sammenscoopsensation
ilma-aukkokaapiakauhakauhallinenkauhoa
elsõnek leközölt szenzációmerítőkanál
ausa, skeiî, skóflabirting fréttar á undan keppinautumtína
samtelissensacinga žiniasusemti
grabienslāpstiņaliekšķerenemienssagrābt
výhradná správaza naberačku
ekskluzivna reportažalopaticanabrati z zajemalkozajemalka
alıp koymakatlatma haberkepçekepçe ile almak
scoop
[skuːp]A. N
1. (for flour) → pala f; (for ice cream, water) → cucharón m; (= quantity scooped) → palada f, cucharada f
2. (by newspaper) → exclusiva f (Comm) → golpe m financiero, pelotazo m
to make a scoop (Press) → dar una exclusiva (Comm) → ganar un dineral de golpe y porrazo, dar el pelotazo
it was a scoop for the paper → fue un gran éxito para el periódico
we brought off the scoop → logramos un triunfo con la exclusiva
to make a scoop (Press) → dar una exclusiva (Comm) → ganar un dineral de golpe y porrazo, dar el pelotazo
it was a scoop for the paper → fue un gran éxito para el periódico
we brought off the scoop → logramos un triunfo con la exclusiva
B. VT
1. (= pick up) → recoger
2. (Comm) [+ profit] → sacar (Comm, Press) [+ competitors] → adelantarse a (Press) [+ exclusive story] → publicar en exclusiva
we scooped the other papers → quedamos por encima de los demás periódicos con nuestra exclusiva
we scooped the other papers → quedamos por encima de los demás periódicos con nuestra exclusiva
scoop out VT + ADV (with scoop) → sacar con pala; (with spoon) → sacar con cuchara; [+ water] → achicar; [+ hollow] → excavar, ahuecar
scoop up VT + ADV → recoger
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scoop
[ˈskuːp] n
(= utensil) (for flour, sugar, rice) → pelle f; (for mashed potato) → louche f; (for ice cream) → cuiller f à glace; (for measuring coffee) → mesure f
(= amount scooped) [flour, sugar, rice, mashed potatoes] → mesure f; [mashed potato] → louche f; [ice cream] → boule f
(for bailing water) → écope f
(by the media) → scoop m
vt
(= move with scooping motion)
He scooped her into his arms → Il la cueillit dans ses bras.
He scooped the ball over the defender's head → Il fit une louche qui loba le défenseur.
He scooped her into his arms → Il la cueillit dans ses bras.
He scooped the ball over the defender's head → Il fit une louche qui loba le défenseur.
(= move with utensil)
She scooped ice into the ice bucket → Elle mit quelques pelletées de glaçons dans le seau à glace.
He scooped the dog food out of the can → Il retira à la cuiller la nourriture pour chien de la boîte.
She scooped ice into the ice bucket → Elle mit quelques pelletées de glaçons dans le seau à glace.
He scooped the dog food out of the can → Il retira à la cuiller la nourriture pour chien de la boîte.
(PRESS) [+ rival newspaper] → doubler (avec un scoop)
n → col m en U
modif [top, vest, T-shirt] → à col en U
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scoop
n
(= instrument) → Schaufel f; (for ice cream, potatoes etc) → Portionierer m; (= ball of ice cream, potato) → Kugel f; in one scoop (lit, fig) → auf einmal
(inf: = lucky gain) → Fang m (inf)
vt
The Times scooped the other papers → die Times ist den anderen Zeitungen zuvorgekommen
prize, jackpot, award → gewinnen
scoop
:scoop neck
n → U-Ausschnitt m
scoop-necked
adj → mit U-Ausschnitt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scoop
[skuːp]1. n
b. (also scoopful) → palettata, cucchiaiata, mestolata
three scoops of ice-cream → tre palline di gelato
three scoops of ice-cream → tre palline di gelato
c. (Press) → scoop m inv, colpo giornalistico (Comm) → affarone m
2. vt (Comm) (market) → accaparrarsi; (profit) → intascare (Comm, Press) (competitors) → battere sul tempo (Press) to scoop an exclusive (about) → accaparrarsi l'esclusiva (su)
scoop up vt + adv (child) → sollevare (tra le braccia); (books) → raccogliere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scoop
(skuːp) noun1. any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc. a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop.
2. (also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop. a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain.
3. a piece of news etc that one newspaper gets and prints before the others. The reporter was sure that he had a scoop for his paper.
verb to move with, or as if with, a scoop. He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
scoop
n. paletada, cucharada.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012