| scoop | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. scoop, scoopful | the quantity a scoop will hold. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (shape) | 2. pocket, scoop | a hollow concave shape made by removing something. |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (communication) | 3. exclusive, scoop | a news report that is reported first by one news organization.; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" |
| ~ news report, write up, account, report, story | a short account of the news.; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. easy lay, georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate. |
| ~ gamma hydroxybutyrate, ghb | a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. scoop, scoop shovel | the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe. |
| ~ backhoe | an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth. |
| ~ dredge | a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed. |
| ~ shovel | a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. scoop | a large ladle.; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream" |
| ~ ladle | a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another. |
| v. (contact) | 7. lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop.; "scoop the sugar out of the container" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ dip | scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface.; "dip water out of a container" |
| v. (competition) | 8. best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump | get the better of.; "the goal was to best the competition" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart | defeat by more skillful maneuvering.; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" |
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