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scoopleft to right: flour and ice-cream scoops

scoop

S0154000 (sko͞op)n.1. a. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.b. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.c. A ladle; a dipper.d. An implement for bailing water from a boat.e. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.f. A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.g. The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold: ate two scoops of ice cream.2. A scooping movement or action: made a nice scoop to catch the ball.3. Informal a. An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.b. Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?4. A rounded, usually low-cut neckline, as on a blouse or dress. Also called scoop neck, scoop neckline.5. A hollow area; a cavity.6. An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: "The [sports car] has ... enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).tr.v. scooped, scoop·ing, scoops 1. To take up and often reposition with a scoop: scooped popcorn into a bag.2. To hollow out by digging.3. To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.4. Informal To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.

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[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]

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scoop′er n.scoop′ful′ n.

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scoopful - the quantity a scoop will hold scoopcontainerful - the quantity that a container will hold

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