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Definition of scoop

a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
the quantity a scoop will hold
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"

Hyponyms: outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart, dip

Part Meronyms: backhoe, dredge

Derivational Morphology: scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up, pocket, scoop shovel, scoopful

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