Search results for 'scoop':

scoop verb (scooped, scooping) 1 (also scoop something up) to lift, dig or remove it with a sweeping circular movement. 2 (also scoop something out) to empty or hollow it with such movements. 3 to bail out (water). 4 to do better than (rival newspapers) in being the first to publish a story. noun 1 a spoonlike implement for handling or serving food. 2 a hollow shovel or lipped container for skimming or shovelling up loose material. 3 anything of a similar shape. 4 a scooping movement. 5 a quantity scooped. 6 a container for bailing out (water). 7 surgery a scooplike implement used for removing foreign material from the body. 8 a news story printed by one newspaper in advance of all others. 9 the forestalling of other papers in obtaining such a news story. scooper noun. scoopful noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Dutch schoppe shovel.