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noun | verb scoopscoop1 /skup/ ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYscoop1Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Dutch schope ► the inside scoop Jones got the inside scoop on the band. ► what’s the scoop? (=used to ask someone for information or news about something) 1 a round deep spoon used for holding or serving food such as flour, sugar, or ice cream: an ice cream scoop2 (also scoopful) an amount of food served with this kind of spoon: scoop of a big scoop of mashed potatoes3an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it: All the reporters were looking for a scoop.4the scoop informal news or new information about something: scoop on the scoop on the best sales Jones got the inside scoop on the band.what’s the scoop? (=used to ask someone for information or news about something) [Origin: 1300–1400 Middle Dutch schope] noun | verb scoopscoop2 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEscoop |
Present | I, you, we, they | scoop | | he, she, it | scoops | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scooped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scooped | | he, she, it | has scooped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scooped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scoop | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scooped |
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Present | I | am scooping | | he, she, it | is scooping | | you, we, they | are scooping | Past | I, he, she, it | was scooping | | you, we, they | were scooping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scooping | | he, she, it | has been scooping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scooping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scooping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scooping |
1to pick something up with a scoop, a spoon, or with your curved hand: scoop something up/out/off etc. Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds.2to be the first newspaper to print an important news report: Charlie loved to scoop the competition.scoop something ↔ up phrasal verb if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left |