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scoop

/skˈup/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

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. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
  5. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
  6. a large ladle
    “he used a scoop to serve the ice cream”

verb

  1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
    “scoop the sugar out of the container”
  2. get the better of
    “the goal was to best the competition”

Synonyms for scoop

Words that rhyme with scoop

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