SCOOP

noun a sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

2. scoop ·noun to empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.

3. scoop ·add. ·noun a beat.

4. scoop ·noun to take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.

5. scoop ·noun a place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

6. scoop ·add. ·vt to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival).

7. scoop ·noun a spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

8. scoop ·noun a large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

9. scoop ·noun the act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.

10. scoop ·noun to make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.

11. scoop ·noun a deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.