Scoop (Noun)
Meaning 1
The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
The quantity a scoop will hold.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The ice cream parlor used a large scoop that could hold a generous serving of three ounces.
- A single scoop of the fluffy mashed potatoes filled the entire bowl.
- The gardening scoop she used was able to hold exactly one quart of soil.
- The birdfeeder's built-in scoop made it easy to fill with a measured amount of seed every time.
- A standard serving size was two scoops of the creamy yogurt, which equaled about a half cup.
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Meaning 5
A hollow concave shape made by removing something.
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Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The bird's nest was just a delicate scoop in the branch of the tree.
- The volcano's crater was a massive scoop in the earth's surface.
- The child's ice cream cone had a big scoop of her favorite flavor.
- The scoop in the hillside was just the right size for a small pond.
- The moon's surface had a scoop where a meteor had hit it millions of years ago.
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Meaning 6
A large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.