scoop
/skup/ verb C2- 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.
- To make hollow; to dig out. · I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
- 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.
- To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- To pick (someone) up · You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?
- To win the entire pot in a hand in which the pot was split.
He/she/it scoops · Past scooped · Past participle scooped · -ing form scooping
Verb forms
- Base form
- scoop
- He/she/it
- scoops
- Past
- scooped
- Past participle
- scooped
- -ing form
- scooping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Whoof!” Baloo’s big paw scooped Mowgli off Bagheera’s back, and as the boy lay between the big fore-paws he could see the Bear was angry.
“That is not his biggest scoop,” said Morcerf; “did he not make a million in Spaniards this last year?”
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