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scoops

The word “scoops” has 1 syllable: scoops

It's pronounced as /skuːps/

What is synonym and antonym for scoops?

In the thesaurus, “scoops” has 26 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for scoops

Antonyms for scoops

  • fills
  • pours

Meanings of scoops

  • 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 always adds two scoops of sugar to her coffee.
  • The ice cream parlor offers free scoops on your birthday.
  • He measured out the flour in precise scoops.
  • The journalist shared a few inside scoops about the case.
  • I bought three scoops of vanilla and one of chocolate.

On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scoops, such as: bails, bleeds, buckets, decants, depletes, dessertspoons, dippers.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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