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Scoop (?), n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch&ü;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.
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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.
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3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake.
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5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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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.
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8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory cant]
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9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [informal]
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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.
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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.
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He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
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2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
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Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
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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.
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