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scoop
noun
verb
A large ladle
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Pronunciation
skuːp
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noun
A large ladle
“He used a scoop to serve the ice cream”
noun
The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
noun
Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
noun
A news report that is reported first by one news organization
“He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials”
noun
The quantity a scoop will hold
noun
A hollow concave shape made by removing something
verb
Get the better of
“The goal was to best the competition”
verb
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop
“Scoop the sugar out of the container”
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He used a scoop to serve the ice cream
He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
The goal was to best the competition
Scoop the sugar out of the container
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