English dictionary
scoop
nounPronunciation
skuːp
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a large ladle
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
noun
- the quantity a scoop will hold
noun
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
verb
- get the better of
verb
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Example sentences
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