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scoop

Dictionary definition · scoop

noun

  1. the quantity a scoop will hold
  2. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
  3. a news report that is reported first by one news organization"he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
  4. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
  5. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
  6. a large ladle"he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

verb

  1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop"scoop the sugar out of the container"
  2. get the better of"the goal was to best the competition"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).