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scoop
- /skuːp/ UK
- /skʉwp/ British, Southern, Standard
- /skup/ US
- /skʉːp/ Australia, New Zealand
- /skʉp/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
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, French écope, Japanese スコップ.
noun scoops
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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.
Similar: scooper
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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.
Similar: scoopful
- 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.
- A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else. He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- 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.
- A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
- 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.
- The peak of a cap.
- A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
- The raised end of a surfboard. This brings the scoop into play as additional wetted surface and slows the board due to its fore-and-aft curvature
- A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
- A haul of money made through speculation.
- 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.
- 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.
verb scoops · scooping · scooped
- To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop. He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
- To make hollow; to dig out. I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
- To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else). The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- To pick (someone) up You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?
- To win the entire pot in a hand in which the pot was split.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: scoop up, pocket, outflank, take up, outdo, best, exclusive, trump, lift out, scoop out, scoop shovel, teaspoon, spoon, cup, spade, basket
Translations
Every language
noun any cup- or bowl-shaped object
| Español | cucharón, cazo, hataca, cacillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스쿠프 seukupeu |
| 日本語 | シャベル shaberu, スコップ sukoppu |
| 中文 | 舀 yǎo, 勺 sháo |
| Português | concha |
| Français | pelle, cuiller |
| Deutsch | Schaufel, Schippe, Kelle |
| Italiano | mestolo, cucchiaione |
| Română | măsură |
| Русский | ковш kovš, сово́к sovók |
| العربية | مِغْرَفَة miḡrafa |
noun amount held by a scoop
| Español | cucharazo, cucharada |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 勺 sháo |
| Português | conchada, concha |
| Deutsch | Kaffeelöffel, Kugel (of icecream) |
| Italiano | cucchiaiata, mestolata, palettata |
| Română | măsură, cupă |
noun act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling
| Русский | заче́рпывание začérpyvanije |
|---|
noun news learned and reported before anyone else
| Español | chiva, tubazo, scoop, última, primicia, emprima |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スクープ sukūpu |
| 中文 | 獨家新聞 /独家新闻 dújiā xīnwén |
| Português | furo jornalístico |
| Français | scoop, exclusivité |
| Deutsch | Exklusivmeldung, Scoop, Knüller, Exklusivbericht |
| Italiano | colpo giornalistico, notizia in esclusiva, primizia, anteprima, anticipazione |
| Русский | горя́чая но́вость gorjáčaja nóvostʹ |
noun opening in an automobile to admit air
| Français | écope |
|---|---|
| Русский | воздухозабо́рник vozduxozabórnik |
noun digging attachment on a front-end loader
| Deutsch | Schaufel |
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noun sweep, stroke, swoop
| Deutsch | Schlag |
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verb to lift, move, or collect with or as though with a scoop
| Español | sacar, sacar con cuchara, sacar a cucharadas, sacar de una cucharada |
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| 中文 | 舀 yǎo |
| Français | écoper |
| Deutsch | schaufeln, schöpfen |
| Русский | собира́ть sobirátʹ, сгребать sgrebatʹ |
verb to make hollow; to dig out
| Français | creuser |
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title = {scoop},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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