Scoup vs. Scoop

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  • Scoop (noun)

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

    “She kept a scoop in the dog food.”

  • Scoop (noun)

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

    “Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.”

    “I’ll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.”

  • Scoop (noun)

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

  • Scoop (noun)

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

    “He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.”

  • Scoop (noun)

    An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

  • Scoop (noun)

    The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

  • Scoop (noun)

    A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

  • Scoop (noun)

    A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

  • Scoop (noun)

    A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.

  • Scoop (noun)

    A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

  • Scoop (verb)

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

    “He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.”

  • Scoop (verb)

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

    “The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.”

  • Scoop (verb)

    To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.

  • Scoop (verb)

    To consume an alcoholic beverage.

    “He was caught scooping in the local park.”

  • Scoop (verb)

    To pick (someone) up

    “You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?”

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