Definition of: scoop

(skp) noun
1. A shovel-like instrument or large shovel with high sides for scooping.
2. A small shovel-like implement or ladle used by grocers, druggists, etc.
3. An implement for bailing, as water from a boat.
4. A spoon-shaped instrument for using in a cavity: a surgeons' scoop.
5. An act of scooping; a movement in a curved line convex downward.
6. The amount scooped at once: a scoop of water.
7. Colloq. A large gain, especially in speculation: He made a big scoop on that deal.
8. A bowl-shaped cavity; hollow excavation.
9. In newspaper slang, a news story obtained and published ahead of rival papers.
—v.t.
1. To take or dip out with or as with a scoop.
2. To hollow out, as with a scoop; excavate.
3. To empty with a scoop.
4. Colloq. To heap up or gather in as if in scoopfuls; amass.
5. In newspaper slang, to obtain and publish a news story before (a rival). [Fusion of MDu. schope a vessel for bailing out water, and schoppe a shovel]
—scoop′er noun
—scoop′ful′ noun