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scoop

The word “scoop” has 1 syllable: scoop

It's pronounced as /skuːp/

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In the thesaurus, “scoop” has 45 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for scoop along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for scoop

Antonyms for scoop

Meanings of scoop

  • noun
    1. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
    2. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
    3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
    4. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
    5. An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
    6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
    7. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
    8. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
    9. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
    10. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
    11. The peak of a cap.
    12. A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
  • verb
    1. To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
    2. To make hollow; to dig out.
    3. To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
    4. (often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
    5. To pick (someone) up.

Example Sentences

  • She used a large scoop to serve the ice cream.
  • He got the first scoop on the celebrity news.
  • The dog took a playful scoop of dirt with its paw.
  • I need a scoop of protein powder for my shake.
  • The reporter claimed to have a major scoop about the election.

On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scoop, such as: 411, ancient history, bail, bleed, book, bucket, decant.

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