scoops
noun
- 1
Any cup- 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.”
- 2
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
“I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.”
- 3
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
- 4
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
- 5
An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
- 6
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
- 7
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
- 8
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- 9
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
- 10
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- 11
The peak of a cap.
- 12
A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
verb
- 1
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.”
- 2
To make hollow; to dig out.
“I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.”
- 3
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.”
- 4
(often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- 5
To pick (someone) up
“You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?”
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