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1.NounAny cup-shaped 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.; an ice-cream scoop"
2.NounThe 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."
3.NounThe act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling."with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond."
4.NounA story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else."He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate."
5.NounAn opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
6.NounThe digging attachment on a front-end loader.
7.NounA place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
8.NounA spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
9.NounA special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
10.NounA sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
11.NounThe peak of a cap.
12.NounA hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
13.NounThe raised end of a surfboard.
14.NounA kind of floodlight with a reflector.
15.NounA haul of money made through speculation.
16.NounA note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch.
17.VerbTo 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."
18.VerbTo make hollow; to dig out."I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."
19.VerbTo report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else)."The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."
20.VerbTo begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
21.VerbTo pick (someone) up"You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?"
22.VerbTo win the entire pot in a hand in which the pot was split.