Definitions for the word "scoop" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 spoon-shaped object, esp.: a a short-handled deep shovel for loose materials. B a large long-handled ladle for liquids. C the excavating part of a digging-machine etc. D an instrument for serving ice-cream etc. 2 quantity taken up by a scoop. 3 scooping movement. 4 exclusive news item. 5 large profit made quickly. v. 1 (usu. Foll. By out) hollow out (as if) with a scoop. 2 (usu. Foll. By up) lift (as if) with a scoop. 3 forestall (a rival newspaper etc.) With a scoop. 4 secure (a large profit etc.), esp. Suddenly. [low german or dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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