scoop
scoop / skoōp/ • n. 1. a utensil resembling a spoon, with a long handle and a deep bowl, used for removing powdered, granulated, or semisolid substances (such as ice cream) from a container. ∎ a short-handled deep shovel used for moving grain, coal, etc. ∎ a moving bowl-shaped part of a digging machine, dredger, or other mechanism into which material is gathered. ∎ a quantity taken up by a scoop: an apple pie with scoops of ice cream on top.2. inf. a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals. ∎ (the scoop) the latest information about something.• v. [tr.] 1. pick up and move (something) with a scoop: Philip began to scoop grain into his bag. ∎ create (a hollow or hole) with or as if with a scoop: a hole was scooped out in the floor of the hut. ∎ pick up (someone or something) in a swift, fluid movement: he scooped her up in his arms.2. inf. publish a news story before (a rival reporter, newspaper, or radio or television station).DERIVATIVES: scoop·er n.scoop·ful n.