scoop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- sko͞op
- /skup/ (General-American)
- /skʉp/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /skʉːp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /skuːp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /skʉwp/ (British, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel, Japanese スコップ.
Meanings
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Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
She kept a scoop in the dog food.
an ice-cream scoop
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The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
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The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.
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A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
"We may get a scoop, if we are lucky. You'll be there in any case, so you'll just give us a pretty full report."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:The problem is that the public, disobediently giggling over their social media accounts, reckon they’ve already got the scoop without needing to see the film.
2016 November 7, Peter Bradshaw, “Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip”, in The Guardian:
- An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
- The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
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A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
- A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- (Scotland) The peak of a cap.
- (qualifier:pinball) A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
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The raised end of a surfboard.
[T]he scoop 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.
1977, Fred Hemmings, Surfing: Hawaii's Gift to the World of Sports, page 59:This brings the scoop into play as additional wetted surface and slows the board due to its fore-and-aft curvature
1965, John M. Kelly, Surf and Sea, page 116:
- A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
- (dated, slang) A haul of money made through speculation.
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A note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch.
Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.
1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57:
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(collective, rare) A group of pelicans.
A scoop of pelicans roosts on the rocks late Sunday afternoon at Natural Bridges State Beach as a surfer rides a wave.
2025 November 24, Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel:TThe Egyptian goose (circled) was spotted in a scoop of pelicans.
2023 January 9, Himanshu Kaushik, “Rare sighting”, in The Times of India:A scoop of pelicans gather in Brockliss Slough just below Genoa.
2025 July 1, Kurt Hildebrand, “Monsoon season underway in Southwest”, in The Record-Courier:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scoops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scoopful · parisienne scoop · horse scoop · paddle scoop · scoop net · scoopwheel · scoop neckline · inside scoop · scoop driver · lucky scoop · scooplike · ice cream scoop · scoop shot · sugar scoop · scoopy · scoop bonnet · cheese scoop · scoop-net · poop scoop · scoopless · scoop neck · apple scoop · scoop wheel · butter scoop · snow scoop · disher scoop · ice-cream scoop
Synonyms
dope · scoopful (amount held by a scoop) · poop · scooper (tool)
Translations (129)
ja スクープ (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ru воздухозабо́рник (opening in an automobile to admit air) · it colpo giornalistico (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ca primícia (news learned and reported before anyone else) · fi ilma-aukko (opening in an automobile to admit air) · pl chochla (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi mitallinen (amount held by a scoop) · de Schlag (sweep, stroke, swoop) · cmn 勺 (amount held by a scoop) · fi pyyhkäisy (sweep, stroke, swoop) · ro cupă (amount held by a scoop) · uk ківш (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fa خبر دست اول (news learned and reported before anyone else) · hu merőkanál (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kulho (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · bg удълбаване (place hollowed out) · es hataca (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · cmn 舀 (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fr pelle (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · es última (news learned and reported before anyone else) · it cucchiaiata (amount held by a scoop) · tk susmak (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · ca llossada (amount held by a scoop) · ga lán sluaiste (amount held by a scoop) · pl kulka (amount held by a scoop) · es cucharón (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · ro măsură (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · es cacillo (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Kaffeelöffel (amount held by a scoop) · es cucharazo (amount held by a scoop) · fi skuuppi (news learned and reported before anyone else) · tk susmak (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else) · de Schaufel (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · bg черпа́к (amount held by a scoop) · sl zajemalka (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · it primizia (news learned and reported before anyone else) · cs sólokapr (news learned and reported before anyone else) · de Exklusivbericht (news learned and reported before anyone else) · sv skopa (amount held by a scoop) · pt furo jornalístico (news learned and reported before anyone else) · nl primeur (news learned and reported before anyone else) · mi koko (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · kk шөміш (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · ky сузгуч (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · yue 殼 /壳 (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · es chiva (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ar مِغْرَفَة (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · pt conchada (amount held by a scoop) · fi kauha (spoon-shaped surgical instrument) · ru заче́рпывание (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · sv skopa (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · uk сово́к (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Schippe (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · it mestolo (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi onkalo (place hollowed out) · ru ковш (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · it palettata (amount held by a scoop) · sv scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else) · pdt Scheffel (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kauha (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · bg черпа́к (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kauhominen (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · fi äyskäröinti (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · it mestolata (amount held by a scoop) · gl llerga (spoon-shaped surgical instrument) · mi okooko (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · nl bol (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kauhallinen (amount held by a scoop) · fr cuiller (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · yue 殼 /壳 (amount held by a scoop) · mi kapu (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · ja シャベル (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Schaufel (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kauha (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fr scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ru горя́чая но́вость (news learned and reported before anyone else) · fi lapiointi (shovelling) (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · cmn 獨家新聞 /独家新闻 (news learned and reported before anyone else) · es emprima (news learned and reported before anyone else) · da scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else) · fr exclusivité (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ja スコップ (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · az çalov (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · cmn 勺 (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · es cucharada (amount held by a scoop) · es primicia (news learned and reported before anyone else) · de Kugel (of icecream) (amount held by a scoop) · yue 羹 (amount held by a scoop) · it anticipazione (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ky чөмүч (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi heilautus (sweep, stroke, swoop) · fi mitta (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · it cucchiaione (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · mi koko (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · hu gombóc (amount held by a scoop) · nl noviteit (news learned and reported before anyone else) · pt concha (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · fi kauhonta (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · fi kauhapaarit (special spinal board used by EMS staff) · la trulla (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · gl legra (spoon-shaped surgical instrument) · tr kürek (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Knüller (news learned and reported before anyone else) · es cazo (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · tr kürek (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · mi okooko (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · nl nieuwtje (news learned and reported before anyone else) · be коўш (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · it notizia in esclusiva (news learned and reported before anyone else) · fa خبر داغ (news learned and reported before anyone else) · pl czerpak (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · bg изгре́бване (act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling) · ota صوساق (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · de Kelle (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · ko 스쿠프 (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · pt concha (amount held by a scoop) · scn cuppinu (amount held by a scoop) · es tubazo (news learned and reported before anyone else) · de Exklusivmeldung (news learned and reported before anyone else) · fr écope (opening in an automobile to admit air) · cs naběračka (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · sh kuglica (amount held by a scoop) · ro măsură (amount held by a scoop) · ru сово́к (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · sv skopa (digging attachment on a front-end loader) · it anteprima (news learned and reported before anyone else) · ca llossa (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) · es scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)