scoop (n.)

  1. the quantity a scoop will hold

    [ Syn: scoopful ]

  2. a hollow concave shape made by removing something

    [ Syn: pocket ]

  3. a news report that is reported first by one news organization; he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials

    [ Syn: exclusive ]

  4. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

    [ Syn: soap , max , liquid ecstasy , grievous bodily harm , goop , georgia home boy , easy lay ]

  5. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

    [ Syn: scoop shovel ]

  6. a large ladle; he used a scoop to serve the ice cream'

    scoop (v.)

  1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop; scoop the sugar out of the container

    [ Syn: scoop out , lift out , scoop up , take up ]

  2. get the better of; the goal was to best the competition

    [ Syn: outdo , outflank , trump , best ]

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