Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa,
   akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E.
   shove. See Shovel.]
   1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for
      dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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   2. 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.
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   3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
      certain substances or foreign bodies.
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   4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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            Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R.
                                                  Drake.
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   5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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   6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
      motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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   7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially
      for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an
      ice cream cone with two scoops.
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   8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a
      rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory
      cant]
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   9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's
      divorce?. [informal]
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   Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net
      for sweeping the bottom of a river.

   Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or
      buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
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