scoop
noun/skuːp/
/skuːp/
- [countable] a tool like a large spoon with a deep bowl, used for picking up substances in powder form like flour, or for serving food like ice cream
- Use an ice-cream scoop.
- [countable] the amount picked up by a scoop
- two scoops of mashed potato
- [countable] a piece of important or exciting news that is published in one newspaper before other newspapers know about itTopics TV, radio and newsc2
- the scoop[uncountable] the scoop on somebody/something (North American English, informal) the latest information about somebody/something, especially details that are not generally known
- I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.
Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting a utensil for pouring liquids): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe ‘waterwheel bucket’; from a West Germanic base meaning ‘draw water’; related to the verb shape.
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