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Definition of 'scoop'

noun

The quantity a scoop will hold [syn: scoop, scoopful]

noun

A hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn: scoop, pocket]

noun

A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" [syn: exclusive, scoop]

noun

noun

The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe [syn: scoop, scoop shovel]

noun

A large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

verb

Take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" [syn: scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up]

verb

Get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" [syn: outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop]

From: GCIDE

Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel.]
1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. [1913 Webster]
2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. [1913 Webster]
3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. [1913 Webster]
4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. [1913 Webster]
Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster]
5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. [1913 Webster]
6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. [1913 Webster]
7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops. [PJC]
8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [informal] [PJC]
Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river.
Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From: GCIDE

Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. [1913 Webster]
He scooped the water from the crystal flood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. [1913 Webster]
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. [1913 Webster]
Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Beat \Beat\, n.
1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or exclusive. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of a beat." --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]