scoop meaning
EN
[skuːp] [-uːp] 
US WScoop
- Scoop, Scoops or The Scoop may refer to:
FR scoop 
- NounPLscoops
- Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- She kept a scoop in the dog food.
- The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
- Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
- I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
- The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
- A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
- He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
- The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
- A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
- A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
- A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- A special spinal board used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
- A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- VerbSGscoopsPRscoopingPT, PPscooped
- (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
- He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
- (transitive) To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
- The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- To consume an alcoholic beverage.
- He was caught scooping in the local park.
- (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the bridge.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of scoop in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "scoop" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.