I. scoop 1 /skuːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: schope ]
1 . an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it:
a journalist looking for a scoop
2 .
a round deep spoon for serving food, for example ↑ ice cream or ↑ mash ed potato
3 . ( also scoopful ) an amount of food served with a scoop
scoop of
two scoops of ice cream
4 . American English informal information about something:
the inside scoop (=special information that other people do not have) on the markets
what’s the scoop? (=used to ask for information or news)
II. scoop 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1 . [always + adverb/preposition] to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand:
She bent down and scooped up the little dog.
Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.
2 . to be the first newspaper to print an important news report:
Time and again, we have scooped our rivals.
3 . British English to win a prize or ↑ award :
Britain scooped the top prize in the over-50s category.
scoop something ↔ up phrasal verb
if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left:
Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale.