Library / English Dictionary

SCOOP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large ladle

Example:

he used a scoop to serve the ice cream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

ladle (a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another)

Derivation:

scoop (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

Synonyms:

scoop; scoop shovel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

shovel (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)

Holonyms ("scoop" is a part of...):

backhoe (an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth)

dredge (a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed)

Derivation:

scoop (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Synonyms:

easy lay; Georgia home boy; goop; grievous bodily harm; liquid ecstasy; max; scoop; soap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

gamma hydroxybutyrate; GHB (a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A news report that is reported first by one news organization

Example:

he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials

Synonyms:

exclusive; scoop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

account; news report; report; story; write up (a short account of the news)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The quantity a scoop will hold

Synonyms:

scoop; scoopful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Derivation:

scoop (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A hollow concave shape made by removing something

Synonyms:

pocket; scoop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("scoop" is a kind of...):

concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature (a shape that curves or bends inward)

Derivation:

scoop (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get the better of

Example:

the goal was to best the competition

Synonyms:

best; outdo; outflank; scoop; trump

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "scoop" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoop"):

outmaneuver; outmanoeuvre; outsmart (defeat by more skillful maneuvering)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to scoop his opponent

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Example:

scoop the sugar out of the container

Synonyms:

lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scoop" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoop"):

dip (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

scoop (a large ladle)

scoop (the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe)

scoop (the quantity a scoop will hold)

scoop (a hollow concave shape made by removing something)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In an instant the pot had been plucked from the blaze, and its contents had been scooped up in half a dozen steel head-pieces, which were balanced betwixt their owners' knees, while, with spoon and gobbet of bread, they devoured their morning meal.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One Eye scooped out mouthfuls of the blood-soaked snow, and chewed and tasted and swallowed.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Far behind them the two galleys labored heavily, now sinking between the rollers until their yards were level with the waves, and again shooting up with a reeling, scooping motion until every spar and rope stood out hard against the sky.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)