Scoop 02. English vocabulary.

scoop  (skp)

n.

1.

a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.

b. The amount that such a utensil can hold.

2.

a. 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.

b. A portion of food gathered with this utensil.

3. A ladle; a dipper.

4. An implement for bailing water from a boat.

5. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.

6. The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.

7. A hollow area; a cavity.

8. 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).

9. A scooping movement or action.

10. Informal An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.

11. Informal Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?

tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops

1. To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.

2. To hollow out by digging.

3. To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.

4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.

Source: The free dicitonary.