[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scoop \scoop\, n. oe. scope, of scand. origin; cf. sw. skopa,
   akin to d. schop a shovel, g. sch"uppe, and also to e.
   shove. see shovel.
   1. a large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for
      dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. surg. a spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
      certain substances or foreign bodies.
      1913 webster

   4. a place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
      1913 webster

            some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --j. r.
                                                  drake.
      1913 webster

   5. a sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
      1913 webster

   6. the act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
      motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
      1913 webster

   7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially
      for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an
      ice cream cone with two scoops.
      pjc

   8. an act of reporting news, research results before a
      rival; also called a beat. newspaper or laboratory
      cant
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on john's
      divorce?. informal
      pjc

   scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net
      for sweeping the bottom of a river.

   scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or
      buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
      1913 webster
see also:
shovel beat scoop net scoop wheel 

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