Definition of
scoop has definitions from the fields of food,news,business,pharmacology
1
[ noun ] the quantity a scoop will hold

Synonyms

scoopful

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

I put a little scoop of pulverized phosphate rock or steamed bone_meal into each hole with the plant .

Related terms

containerful

2
[ noun ] the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe

Synonyms

scoop_shovel

Related terms

shovel dredge backhoe

3
[ verb ] (business) profit suddenly

Synonyms

make_a_scoop

Related terms

profit

4
[ noun ] a hollow concave shape made by removing something

Synonyms

pocket

Related terms

concavity

5
[ verb ] get the better of

Synonyms

best outflank trump outdo

Examples

"the goal was to best the competition"

Related terms

beat outmaneuver

6
[ verb ] take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Synonyms

scoop_up lift_out take_up scoop_out

Examples

"scoop the sugar out of the container"

Related terms

remove dip

7
[ noun ] (news) a news report that is reported first by one news organization

Synonyms

exclusive

Examples

"he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

Related terms

report

8
[ noun ] (pharmacology) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Synonyms

georgia_home_boy goop grievous_bodily_harm liquid_ecstasy max soap easy_lay

Related terms

gamma_hydroxybutyrate

9
[ noun ] (food) a large ladle

Examples

"he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

Related terms

ladle

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Rhymes with

coupe coop recoup

Phonetic and Homophones

S K UW1 P

Similar Spelling

scope scup Schoppe Schoepp scoff Scoby scaup scape Scipio Schupp Schoof

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