| scoop | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling. | |
| 4. n. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else. | |
| He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate. | |
| 5. n. (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine. | |
| 6. n. The digging attachment on a front-end loader. | |
| 7. n. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. | |
| 8. n. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. | |
| 9. n. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients. | |
| 10. n. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. | |
| 11. v. 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. | |
| 12. v. 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. | |
| 13. v. (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. | |
| He was caught scooping in the local park. | |
| 14. v. (slang) To pick (someone) up | |
| You have a car. Can you come and scoop me? | |
