scoop

[[t]skup[/t]]

n.

1) a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small shovel with a short handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc

2) a utensil composed of a bowl attached to a handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods

3) bui the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc

4) the quantity held or taken up in a scoop

5) a hollow or hollowed-out place

6) the act of scooping; a scooping movement

7) jou a news item revealed in one newspaper, newscast, etc., before all others

8) inf Informal. current information; news:

What's the scoop on the new chairman?[/ex]

9) inf Informal. a big haul, as of money

10) to take up or out with or as if with a scoop

11) to empty with a scoop

12) to form a hollow or hollows in

13) to form with or as if with a scoop

14) to pick up or gather by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands (often fol. by

up)[/ex]

15) to reveal a news item before (one's competitors)

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Etymology: 1300–50; (n.) ME scope < MD schōpe; (v.) ME scopen, der. of the n. scoop′er, n.