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Definitions for Scooping

[1] a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
[2] a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
[3] a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil: two scoops of chocolate ice cream.
[4] the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
[5] Surgery . a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.
[6] a hollow or hollowed-out place.
[7] the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.
[8] the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.
[9] Journalism . a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.
[10] Informal . news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source: What's the scoop on working this machine?
[11] a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.
[12] Informal . a big haul, as of money.
[13] Television , Movies . a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.
[14] to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.
[15] to empty with a scoop.
[16] to form a hollow or hollows in.
[17] to form with or as if with a scoop.
[18] to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first: They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.
[19] to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands: He scooped the money into his pocket.
[20] to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
[21] a utensil used as a shovel or ladle, esp a small shovel with deep sides and a short handle, used for taking up flour, corn, etc
[22] a utensil with a long handle and round bowl used for dispensing liquids
[23] a utensil with a round bowl and short handle, sometimes with a mechanical device to empty the bowl, for serving ice cream or mashed potato
[24] anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge
[25] a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc, from the body
[26] the quantity taken up by a scoop
[27] the act of scooping, dredging, etc
[28] a hollow cavity
[29] slang a large quick gain, as of money
[30] a news story reported in one newspaper before all the others; an exclusive
[31] any sensational piece of news
[32] (often foll by up) to take up and remove (an object or substance) with or as if with a scoop
[33] (often foll by out) to hollow out with or as if with a scoop to scoop a hole in a hillside
[34] to win (a prize, award, or large amount of money)
[35] to beat (rival newspapers) in uncovering a news item
[36] sport to hit (the ball) on its underside so that it rises into the air

Words related to Scooping

scoopgouge, lift, dig, scrape, remove, shovel, ladle, spoon, dipper, bail, spade, trowel, beat, exclusive, sensation, revelation, news, lade, grub, gather

Words nearby Scooping

scoopsconce, sconcheon, sconcheon arch, scone, scooby doo, scoop, scoop neck, scoopful, scoosh, scoot, scoot over

Origin of Scooping

1300–50; (noun) Middle English scope < Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the noun

Other words from Scooping

scoop·er , noun
out·scoop , verb (used with object)
un·der·scoop , noun
un·der·scoop , verb (used with object)
un·scooped , adjective

Word origin for Scooping

C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel , Dutch schoep vessel for baling

Synonyms for Scooping

bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel