scoop
[noun]
Synonyms:
- ladle, dipper, spoon
- exclusive, exposé, revelation, sensation
[verb]
Synonyms:
- often with up: lift, gather up, pick up, take up
- often with out: hollow, bail, dig, empty, excavate, gouge, shovel

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Related Words: gather, lift, pick up, gouge, grub

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. scoop¹ /skuːp/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: schope]

1. an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it:
a journalist looking for a scoop

2.
a round deep spoon for serving food, for example ice cream or mashed potato

3. (also scoopful) an amount of food served with a scoop
scoop of
two scoops of ice cream

4. American English informal information about something:
the inside scoop (=special information that other people do not have) on the markets
what’s the scoop? (=used to ask for information or news)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. scoop² verb [transitive]

1. [always + adverb/preposition] to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand:
She bent down and scooped up the little dog.
Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.

2. to be the first newspaper to print an important news report:
Time and again, we have scooped our rivals.

3. British English to win a prize or award:
Britain scooped the top prize in the over-50s category.
scoop something ↔ up phrasal verb
if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left:
Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲