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scoop

noun

1 scoop

The quantity a scoop will hold.

synonym: scoopful.

Roget 262: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, ... show more

Polish: gałka, kulka

2 scoop

A hollow concave shape made by removing something.

synonym: pocket.

Dutch: zakformaat

3 scoop

A news report that is reported first by one news organization:
— He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials.

synonym: exclusive.

Dutch: bol, noviteit

4 scoop

Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate.

synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap.

5 scoop

The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe.

synonym: scoop shovel.

Dutch: schepspade

6 scoop

A large ladle.

Dutch: eersteling, primeur

verb

1 scoop

Take out or up with or as if with a scoop:
— Scoop the sugar out of the container.

synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up.

Roget 252: be concave etc. adj.; retire, cave in.    render concave etc. adj.; depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, ... show more

2 scoop

Get the better of.

synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, trump.


Moby thesaurus: account, acquaintance, alveolation, alveolus, announcement, antrum, armpit, article, bail, basin, beat, bit, blue book, bore, bowl, brass tacks, briefing, bucket, budget of news, bulletin ... show more.

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