"scoop" in the noun sense
1. scoop, scoopful
the quantity a scoop will hold
2. scoop, pocket
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
3. exclusive, scoop
a news report that is reported first by one news organization
"he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
4. soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
5. scoop, scoop shovel
the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
6. scoop
a large ladle
"he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
"scoop" in the verb sense
1. scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
"scoop the sugar out of the container"
2. outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
get the better of
"the goal was to best the competition"
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