a ladle or ladlelike utensil, esp. a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.

a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.

a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil

two scoops of chocolate ice cream.

the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.

Surgery . a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.

a hollow or hollowed-out place.

the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.

the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.

a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.

Informal . news, information, or details, esp. as obtained from experience or an immediate source

What's the scoop on working this machine?

a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.

Informal . a big haul, as of money.

Television, Movies . a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.

to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.

to empty with a scoop.

to form a hollow or hollows in.

to form with or as if with a scoop.

to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first

They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.

to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands

He scooped the money into his pocket.

to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop

to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.

noun

bail , dipper , ladle , shovel , spade , spoon , trowel , beat , exclusive , expos , inside story , news , revelation , sensation , advice , intelligence , tiding , word

verb

bail , clear away , dig , dig out , dip , empty , excavate , gather , gouge , grub , hollow , lade , ladle , lift , pick up , remove , scrape , spade , sweep away , sweep up , take up , delve , shovel , beat , dipper , dredge , exclusive , news , spoon , story , vessel