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See also:Scoopand-scoop

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishscope,schoupe, a borrowing fromMiddle Dutchscoep,scuep,schope,schoepe(“bucket for bailing water”) andMiddle Dutchschoppe,scoppe,schuppe("a scoop, shovel"; > ModernDutchschop(“spade”)), fromProto-Germanic*skuppǭ,*skuppijǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kep-(“to cut, to scrape, to hack”).[1] Cognate withOld Frisianskuppe(“shovel”),Middle Low Germanschōpe(“scoop, shovel”),German Low GermanSchüppe,Schüpp(“shovel”),GermanSchüppe,Schippe(“shovel, spade”). Related toEnglishshovel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scoop (pluralscoops)

  1. Anycup-shaped orbowl-shapedtool, usually with ahandle, used tolift andmoveloose orsoftsolidmaterial.
    She kept ascoop in the dog food.
    an ice-creamscoop
  2. Theamount orvolume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
    Use onescoop of coffee for each pot.
    I'll have onescoop of chocolate ice-cream.
  3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
    with a quickscoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.
  4. Astory orfact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
    Synonyms:dope,poop
    He listened carefully, in hopes of getting thescoop on the debate.
    • 1912,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:
      "We may get ascoop, if we are lucky. You'll be there in any case, so you'll just give us a pretty full report."
    • 2016 November 7,Peter Bradshaw, “Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      The problem is that the public, disobediently giggling over their social media accounts, reckon they’ve already got thescoop without needing to see the film.
  5. (automotive) An opening in ahood/bonnet or otherbody panel to admit air, usually for cooling theengine.
  6. The digging attachment on afront-end loader.
  7. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
  8. A spoon-shapedsurgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
  9. A special spinal board used byemergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
  10. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
  11. (Scotland) Thepeak of acap.
  12. (pinball) A hole on theplayfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
  13. (surfing) The raised end of asurfboard.
    • 1965, John M. Kelly,Surf and Sea, page116:
      This brings thescoop into play as additional wetted surface and slows the board due to its fore-and-aft curvature
    • 1977, Fred Hemmings,Surfing: Hawaii's Gift to the World of Sports, page59:
      [T]hescoop or upward curvature in the front or nose section of a board is designed to keep the board from diving under the surface of the water when the surfer is catching a wave.
  14. (film, television) A kind offloodlight with areflector.
  15. (slang, dated) Ahaul ofmoney made throughspeculation.
  16. (music) A note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch.
    • 1995,Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers2-4, page57:
      Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, andscoops.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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any cup- or bowl-shaped object
amount held by a scoop
act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling
news learned and reported before anyone else
opening in an automobile to admit air
digging attachment on a front-end loader
place hollowed out
spoon-shaped surgical instrument
special spinal board used by EMS staff
sweep, stroke, swoop

Verb

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scoop (third-person singular simple presentscoops,present participlescooping,simple past and past participlescooped)

  1. (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
    He used both hands toscoop water and splash it on his face.
    • 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, inBBC Sport‎[2]:
      Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielderscooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.
  2. (transitive) To make hollow; to dig out.
    I triedscooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
  3. (transitive) Toreport on something, especially something worthy of anews article, before (someone else).
    The paper across townscooped them on the City Hall scandal.
  4. (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially incountry music.
  5. (MTE, slang) Topick (someone) up
    You have a car. Can you come andscoop me?

Derived terms

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Translations

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to lift, move, or collect with or as though with a scoop
to make hollow; to dig out
to report a newsworthy event before anyone else
music: to start slightly below target pitch
slang: to pick (someone) up—see alsopick up
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References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “scoop”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishscoop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scoop m (pluralscoops)

  1. scoop(news learned and reported before anyone else)

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishscoop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scoop m (invariable)

  1. (journalism)scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)

Further reading

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