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Webster 1913 Edition
Scoop
Scoop
,Noun.
[OE.
scope
, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa
, akin to D. schop
a shovel, G. schüppe
, and also to E. shove
. See Shovel
.] 1.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
2.
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 machine3.
(Surg.)
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
4.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Some had lain in the
scoop
of the rock. J. R. Drake.
5.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
6.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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.
1.
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
He
scooped
the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
2.
To empty by lading;
as, to
. scoop
a well dry3.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Those carbuncles the Indians will
scoop
, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scoop
SCOOP
,Noun.
1.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle fastened to a dish, used for dipping liquors; also, a little hollow piece of wood for bailing boats.2.
An instrument of surgery.3.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.SCOOP
, v.t.1.
To lade out; properly, to take out with a scoop or with a sweeping motion.He scoop'd the water from the crystal flood.
2.
To empty by lading; as, he scooped it dry.3.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; as, the Indians scoop the trunk of a tree into a canoe.Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint.
4.
To remove, so as to leave a place hollow.A spectator would think this circular mount had been actually scooped out of that hollow space.
Definition 2024
Scoop
Scoop
German
Noun
Scoop m (genitive Scoops, plural Scoops)
- (journalism) scoop
Declension
Declension of Scoop
Synonyms
- Exklusivmeldung
- Primeur (Switzerland)
External links
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Scoop (Journalismus) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Scoop in Duden online
scoop
scoop
English
Noun
scoop (plural scoops)
- Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- She kept a scoop in the dog food.
- The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
- Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
- I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
- The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
- A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
- He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
- The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
- A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
- A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
- J. R. Drake
- Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
- J. R. Drake
- A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- A special spinal board used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
- A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
any cup- or bowl-shaped object
amount held by a scoop
news learned and reported before anyone else
opening in an automobile to admit air
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digging attachment on a front-end loader
opening in a car's hood
Verb
scoop (third-person singular simple present scoops, present participle scooping, simple past and past participle scooped)
- (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
- He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
- (transitive) To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
- The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- To consume an alcoholic beverage.
- He was caught scooping in the local park.
Derived terms
Translations
to lift, move, or collect with or as though with a scoop
to learn something before someone else
music: to start slightly below target pitch
to consume alcoholic beverage