Meaning of 'scoop'

noun

a large ladle

Example: "They used a scoop to serve the ice cream."

noun

the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

Synonyms: scoop shovel

noun

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Synonyms: soap max liquid ecstasy grievous bodily harm goop easy lay

noun

a news report that is reported first by one news organization

Example: "The paper published a scoop on the bribery of city officials."

Synonyms: exclusive

noun

the quantity a scoop will hold

Synonyms: scoopful

noun

a hollow concave shape made by removing something

Synonyms: pocket

verb

get the better of

Synonyms: best

verb

take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Example: "scoop the sugar out of the container"

Synonyms: take up scoop out lift out scoop up