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scoop
(sk/u/p )

noun (n)

  • the quantity a scoop will hold(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    scoopful
    source: wordnet30
  • a hollow concave shape made by removing something(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    pocket
    source: wordnet30
  • a news report that is reported first by one news organization(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials.
    Synonym:
    exclusive
    source: wordnet30
  • street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    easy lay, georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap
    source: wordnet30
  • the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    scoop shovel
    source: wordnet30
  • a large ladle(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He used a scoop to serve the ice cream.
    source: wordnet30
  • A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A beat.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • take out or up with or as if with a scoop(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Scoop the sugar out of the container.
    Synonym:
    lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up
    source: wordnet30
  • get the better of(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    best, outdo, outflank, trump
    source: wordnet30
  • To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival).(verb)
    source: webster1913
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