Scoop

Definition: Scoop

Scoop

Noun

1. The quantity a scoop will hold.

2. A hollow concave shape made by removing something.

3. A news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials".

4. The shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe.

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

Verb

1. Profit suddenly.

2. Take out or up with or as if with a scoop.

3. Get the better of.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scoop" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Computing

Fine Arts

Food & Agriculture

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

scoop

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Scoop

Concavity

Render concave; Adjective: depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.

Perforator

Noun: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit, gouge; spear; (weapon); puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers.

Crosswords: Scoop

French (scoop), German (scoop), Italian (scoop), Manx (buck, buck of dredger), Portuguese (glass receiver, scoop, trough), Swedish (scoop).

Scoop of chocolate, scoop of vanilla (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel)

Why don't you get me ginger ale, with a big scoop of peanut butter (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn)

Good morning scoop busters (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

Inside scoop. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

It's possible that what Scoop found was no accident (The Andromeda Strain; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Nelson Gidding)

He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

Can come and scoop me after school (Puppy Love; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow)

Scoop (1972)

Turtle Scoop (1961)

The Scoop (1934)

Dolly's Scoop (1916)

Her Great Scoop (1914)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Scoop (reference)

• Scoop (Bob the Builder) (reference)

• Soccer Scoop (reference)

• The Dog Lover's Companion to New York City: The Inside Scoop on Where to Take Your Dog (reference)

• The Ice Cream Scoop (Nancy Drew Notebooks, No 6) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hoop Scoop Magazine (reference)

• Hoop Scoop Magazine C-w Hoop Scoop Newsletter (reference)

• Scoop (reference)

• Sugar Scoop (reference)

• Sun Scoop Journal (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bubblegum Crisis, Episode 8: Scoop Chase (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Scoop (reference)

• Triple Scoop (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Shop Scoop Works 01401 Shop Scoop (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Fig. 1 - Bait chopper; Fig. 2 - Bait slivering knife Fig. 3 - Halibut killer and gob stick; Fig. 4 - Wooden hand nipper Fig. 5 - Halibut gaff; Fig. 6 - Trawl buoy and black ball Fig. 7 - Canvas skate for section of trawl; Fig. 8 - Dory scoop Drawing by Capt. J.W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Harbor Branch Oceanographic's SCOOP is used as a safety backup for subs. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 20. Lucas scoop sounder, invented in 1891 by Francis Lucas of the English Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, this instrument was also called the "snapper." It was used primarily by ships engaged in submarine cable laying. It is a derivative of the Ross device, with elements of the British bulldog sounder. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 50. Petersen scoop bottom sampling device used by the Danish scientist C. G. Johan Petersen for studies of the bottom sediments of the Baltic Sea from 1910 to 1912. Top: the original sampler. Bottom: sampling device in the Oceanographic Museum. Petersen studied the samples to make precise quantitative studies of the fauna in the sedimentary material. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 29. Gilson sounder, described in 1906 by Gustave Gilson of the University of Louvain. He described a perfected scoop sounder which was similar to the Stellwagen sounder but contained a number of improvements for assuring a larger quantity of sediment obtained than with the earlier instrument. It was first tested in 1899 near Ostende off the coast of Belgium. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

[Crushing forceps and scoop for stones]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A scoop on Santa Claus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Scoop. Credit: Library of Congress.

Assembling excavator scoop. Keystone Drilling Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "scoop": air scoop ♦ make a scoop ♦ scoop dry ♦ scoop in ♦ scoop net ♦ scoop of ice cream ♦ scoop out ♦ scoop shot ♦ scoop shovel ♦ scoop up ♦ scoop wheel. Additional references.

Beginning with "scoop": scoop-and-shower, scoop-neck, scoop-necked, scoop-type.

Ending with "scoop": fish-scoop, non-scoop, pooper-scoop, poop-scoop.

Albanian

shkrim i bujshëm, qepshe (dipper, ladle), marr me garuzhdë, luhare (ladle), lugë e madhe, lugë akullore, lopatëz (pallet, spatula), kovë ekskavatori (bucket), kaci (dustpan, pallet), garuzhdë (dipper, ladle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فائدة (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, good, increase, interest, living, pay off, pay-book, profit, use, usefulness, usury, utility, welfare, worth), ‏مغرفة (dipper, ladle, shovel, soup ladle, stirring ladle), ‏مجرفة (hoe, mattock, shovel, spade, trowel), ‏نزع الحب (seed), ‏نبأ مثير (sensation), ‏حلج القطن, ‏حقق فائدة كبيرة, ‏غرف (dip, scooping, shovel), ‏تجويف (bore, bowl, cavity, chamber, concavity, dent, excavation, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, recess, sinus, socket), ‏سبق غيره في نشر الخبر, ‏سبق صحفي (beat), ‏صفيحة (can, gill, hob, plate, platelet, tablet), ‏جوف (abdomen, belly, cave, depth, rebore, shovel), ‏إنفرد بنشر الخبر, ‏أخذ بمغرفة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сензационна новина (stunt), реализирам голяма печалба, черпак (bailer, dipper, ladle), копая (break ground, delve, dig, dredge, excavate, fossick, grub, hoe, mine, navvy, pickax, scoop out, shovel), греба (dip, dredge, ladle, oar, pull, pull an oar, rake, row, shovel), гребло (grab, oar, paddle, rake, raker), голяма печалба (booty), вглъбнатина, загребване, загребвам (rake, scoop in), загребано количество (dip), лопата (palm, shovel), последни сведения, издълбано място, дупка (cavity, chamber, delve, dump, earth, gap, hole, hutch, leak, mesh, opening, perforation, pit, pore, rent, tear, vent). (various references)

Chinese 

�"� (SCOOPS), �"子 , 勺子 (ladle). (various references)

Czech

shrábnout (grab, mop up, rake off, skim off), vyhloubit (dig out, excavate), vybrat (choose, clear, cull, look for, select, shell out, single out, tell off, withdraw), velký zisk (bonanza), terno, porcovací lžíce, porce (helping, ration, serving), nabírat (bunch up, gather in), nabìraèka (dipper, ladle, soup ladle), lopatka (blade, paddle, scapula, shoulder blade, shouvel, shovel, vane), exkluzivní reportáž. (various references)

Danish

scoop (exclusive, glass receiver, trough), rende (apron, channel, chute, cutting, diversion cut, drain, duct, furrow, glass receiver, grip, groove, gut, gutter, lead, rill, sulcus, tin, tray, tray bar, trench, trough), ketsjer (brail net, brailer, dip net, hand brailer, landing net, spoon net), kes (brail net, brailer, dip net, hand brailer, landing net, spoon net), eksklusivinformation (exclusive), deflektor (deflector, fishtail, impact plate, impact surface, outlet, slat deflector, slatted deflector, splash plate, spray plate), øsekar (bailer, baler, skeet), øse (pour, scatter, shed). (various references)

Dutch

scoop (exclusive, oscilloscope, scope), schepnet (brail net, brailer, dip net, hand brailer, landing net, spoon net), taludbak, primeur (exclusive), ontvangtafel (glass receiver, trough), luchtvanger, leigoot, hoosvat (bailer, baler, skeet), deflector (deflector). (various references)

Farsi 

ملاقه زنی , ملاقه (Dipper, Ladle, Spurtle), چمچه (Spoon), کندن (Cutout, Dig, Gouge, Gully, Mine, Peel, Pick, Pluck, Pug, Pull, Rend, Trench), کج بیل (Hoe, Scuttle, Shovel, Spud), گودکردن (Deepen, Gull), حرکت شبیه چمچه زنی , خاک انداز (Dustpan, Shovel), بیرون اوردن (Unweave), بقدریک چمچه . (various references)

Finnish

äyskäri (baler). (various references)

French

scoop, écope (scooping). (various references)

German

schöpfen (bale, create, dip, draw, invent, ladle, summon up), Scoop, schaufeln (dig, shovel, shovels, to scoop, to shovel), Kelle (dipper, ladle, ladleful, strainer, trowel). (various references)

Greek 

κουτάλα (dipper, ladle). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצקת (ladle), יע�" (dustpan, shovel, spade), לקפוץ ולברוח, ל�"ק�"ים בפרסומת, ל�'רוף (sweep, sweep away), את �"חפור (dipper, ladle). (various references)

Hungarian

kaparókanál. (various references)

Indonesian

sekop (spade, trowel), penggali (digger, excavator, shovel, spade), pencedok (dipper, ladle), gayung (attack, bailer, water dipper). (various references)

Italian

scoop, mestola (ladle, trowel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

柄�" (dipper, ladle), スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, schooner, scooter, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin care, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid), スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scope, scoping, scopophilia, score, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stability, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie), 刳り (hollow). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くり (chestnut, hollow, monastery kitchen, priests' quarters), ひしゃく (dipper, ladle), スコップ (shovel, spade), スクープ . (various references)

Korean 

국자 (ladle, SCOOPS). (various references)

Manx

spooitcher (bailer, beaker), sleaystey (mix, mixing, shovel, shovelling), craghey (depredate, filibuster, maraud, massacre, overrun, pillage, pirate, plunder, ravage, ravish, ruin, spoil), cragh (booty, capture, depredation, devastation, disaster, doom, foray, havoc, loot, plunder, prey, prize, ravishment, sack, spoil). (various references)

Maya

loodz. (various references)

Pig Latin

oopscay.(various references)

Portuguese

concha (bail, cockleboat, conch, seashell, shell). (various references)

Romanian

scoatere (drawing out, pulling out, removal), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), publica o ştire înaintea altor ziare, lopatã de lemn, lopãţicã (blade, shovel), linguriţã (spoon, tea-spoon, tea-spoonful), excava (dig up, excavate), depresiune (basin, blues, bottom, cave, cavity, dejection, delve, depression, despondency, draw, hollow, melancholia, notch, pan, sag), curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, dust, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe), chiuretã, canciog (dipper, ladle), cãuş (bucket, dipper), câştig mare, ştire senzaţionalã (eye opener, floorer, front page news, stunt). (various references)

Russian 

совок (dustpan, shovel, trowel), сенсационная новость, черпать (cull), черпак (ladle), котлован (trench), ковш (bail, bucket, dipper, grab, ladle, shovel, trough), ветроулавливатель, зачерпывать ковш, большой куш (king's ransom), балластная лопата. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zgrabiti (grab, hog it, scoop up, snatch, snatch at), zahvatiti (attaint, grab, seize), varjača (mixing spoon), lopatom vaditi, lopatom izvlačiti, lopatom crpsti, lopatica (blade, ember goose, paddle, scapula, shoulder blade, spatula), kašika (spoon), donošenje vesti pre svih, doneti vest pre drugih, crpaljka. (various references)

Spanish

achicador (bail, bailer, bale, baler). (various references)

Swedish

skyffla (hoe, shovel, shuffle), skopa (bailer, bucket, dipper, ladle), ösa (bail, bale out, lade, ladle, pour, spoon). (various references)

Thai

โพรง (hollow), ทำให้เป็นโพรง (cave), ทัพพี (ladle), ตัก. (various references)

Turkish

vuruş (bat, battery, batting, beat, beating, chop, crack, crusher, cut, hack, hit, impact, knock, plug, pulse, shoot, shot, sock, strike, stroke, swat, thwack, whack, wipe), vurgun (caisson disease, cleanup, decompression sickness, haul, loot, pelf, pickup, profiteering, rapture of deep, strike, the bends), para kesmek (scoop in), kepçe ile boşaltmak (ladle, scoop out), kepçe (digger, dipper, dipper dredger, ladle, shovel, skimmer, soup ladle, spoon), kürek (hard labor, hard labour, oar, scull, shovel, spade), hamle (attack, blow, burst, dart, dash, drive, elan, lunge, move, onset, pounce, push, put, run up, scrum, scrummage, spurt), haberi ilk verme, diğer gazeteleri atlatmak, büyük kazanç, atlatma (bypass, circumvention, overcome, Parry, run around), çukur (cavity, concave, deep set, dimple, dip, excavation, gully, gully drain, gutter, hole, hollow, indent, pit, sink, sunk, trench). (various references)

Turkmen 

susmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

совок (slice, spade), черпати (bucket, ladle), черпак (bucket, dipper, grab, ladle), ківш (bail, bailer, basket, ladle), котлован (stank), копати (bill, dig, excavate, gopher, mole, shovel), видовбувати (cave, gouge, hollow, indent, mortice, mortise, spoon). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự múc, than (consumption, grime), động tác xúc. (various references)

Welsh

cafnio (gouge, hollow out). (various references)

schope. (various references)

scope. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "scoop": scooped, scooper, scoopers, scoopful, scoopfuls, scooping, scoops, scoopsful. (additional references)

Words ending with "scoop": outscoop. (additional references)

Words containing "scoop": outscooped, outscooping, outscoops. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scoop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nccop, sccop, sceap, Schoop, schop, Schopf, Scipo, sco, scog, scolo, Scolopax, scoof, scoom, scoon, Scoope, scop, scopa, scopf, scopo, scorp, scouf, scoul, scoup, scoupe, scov, scoy, scroop, Scroope, scrop, Scupi, scuz, Scvo, skopo, socor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coops.

-1 letter: coop, coos, cops, oops, poco, scop.

-2 letters: coo, cop, cos, ops, sop.

-3 letters: op, os, so.

+1 letter: compos, coopts, scoops, scroop.

+2 letters: collops, compose, compost, coopers, copious, coplots, copouts, coupons, coypous, octopus, opsonic, pocosin, ponchos, pooches, postdoc, scollop, scooped, scooper, scroops, soupcon.

+3 letters: apocopes, bioscope, bioscopy, carpools, cesspool, complots, comports, composed, composer, composes, composts, compotes, cookshop, cooktops, copastor, copepods, copilots, copyboys, cowflops, cowplops, cowpokes, cowpoxes, croupous, foolscap, hencoops, hockshop, isotopic, lycopods, myoscope, octopods, oosporic, otoscope, otoscopy, outcrops, outscoop, piccolos, poaceous, pocosins, podsolic, pollocks, polycots, popcorns, porticos, postcode, postcoup, postdocs, precooks, precools, proctors, prosodic, puccoons, scollops, scoopers, scoopful, scooping, scorpion, scotopia, scotopic, scrooped, soupcons, stockpot, stopcock, topcoats, topcross, uroscopy.