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Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

Example: She kept a scoop in the dog food.

The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

Example: I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

Example: He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.

To make hollow; to dig out.

Example: I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.

To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

Example: The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.

(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.