Definition of "scoop" in Anglais

noun

1. Any cup-shaped 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.
   • an ice-cream scoop

2. 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.

3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

   • with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.

4. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

   • He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.

5. (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

7. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

8. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

9. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.

10. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

11. (Scotland) The peak of a cap.

12. (pinball) A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.

13. (surfing) The raised end of a surfboard.

14. (film, television) A kind of floodlight with a reflector.

15. (slang, dated) A haul of money made through speculation.

16. (music) A note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch.

verb

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To make hollow; to dig out.

   • I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (MTE, slang) To pick (someone) up