- a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
- a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil: two scoops of chocolate ice cream.
- the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
- a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.
- a hollow or hollowed-out place.
- the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.
- the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.
- a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.
- news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source: What's the scoop on working this machine?
- a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.
- a big haul, as of money.
- a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.
- to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.
- to empty with a scoop.
- to form a hollow or hollows in.
- to form with or as if with a scoop.
- to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first: They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.
- to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands: He scooped the money into his pocket.
- to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
- a utensil used as a shovel or ladle, esp a small shovel with deep sides and a short handle, used for taking up flour, corn, etc
- a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids
- a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato
- anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge
- a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body
- the quantity taken up by a scoop
- the act of scooping, dredging, etc
- a hollow cavity
- a large quick gain, as of money
- a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive
- any sensational piece of news
- to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
- to hollow out with or as if with a scoop
- to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
- to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
- to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air
