A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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.
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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.
an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat.
news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?.
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); - used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem.
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Extended area.
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
