scoopingn.
/ˈskuːpɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb (in various senses).
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > by scooping
scoop1745
scooping1841
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > concavity > making concave > as with a scoop
scooping1841
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > reaching note by slide from below
portamento1771
scooping1960
1841 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 233 For successful scooping [in excavation] the ground usually requires loosening.
1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. iv. 80 The scooping out of hollows in solid rock.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 38 She sang her favourite arias..with much portamento, or luscious scooping.
1978 Amer. Speech 1975 50 301 Scooping, sliding into a tone, hitting a note on the flat side and sliding up to the proper pitch, an undesirable practice on the part of one voice in a quartet.
2. concrete. A concavity, hollow.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > concavity > concave part or object
hollowc897
bowla1398
pan1611
shoulder1618
wamea1765
scooping1862
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. ii. 27 Two or three such scoopings out of the surface are passed on the south-east coast.
1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 141 There are..the same caves and scoopings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
scoopingadj.
/ˈskuːpɪŋ/ a. That scoops, in the senses of the verb. Of a rock, the sea: That forms hollows or depressions.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave
hollc1000
hollowa1250
denteda1398
concaved?1541
saddle-backed1545
vaulty1545
concave?a1560
sinuated1578
inboweda1586
inbowing1603
inwinding1610
hollowed1613
crusy1625
simous1634
invex1688
scooped1726
depressed1753
hollowed-out1755
scooping1821
shell1823
welled1848
concaving1871
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1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 79 The shepherd leaves his unprotected flock, And flies for shelter in some scooping rock.
1828 T. Hood Stanzas to T. Woodgate in Poems xiv Be mine the swelling, scooping sea, That is both hill and dale!
1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 44 The poor trout were flung out with scooping hands.
b. scooping avocet n. = scooper n. 1b.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet)
scooper1668
shoeing-horn1668
crooked-bill1705
cobbler's awl1759
picarini1770
yelper1770
avocet1771
scooping avocet1776
red-necked avocet1823
bluestocking1844
shoehorn1864
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 504 Avoset..Scooping.
1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 101.
Derivatives
ˈscoopingly adv. so as to resemble a scoop.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adverb] > concavely
troughwise1551
concavously1646
scoopingly1750
depressedly1842
concavely1880
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 232 These leaves turn very scoopingly inward on the upper side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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