scoop meaning and definition

SCOOP noun

Definition of scoop (noun)

1. the quantity a scoop will hold
   • synonyms: scoopful
2. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
   • synonyms: pocket
3. a news report that is reported first by one news organization
   • "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
   • synonyms: exclusive
4. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
   • synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap
5. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
   • synonyms: scoop shovel
6. a large ladle
   • "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

SCOOP verb

Definition of scoop (verb)

1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   • "scoop the sugar out of the container"
   • synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up
2. get the better of
   • "the goal was to best the competition"
   • synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, trump