Synonyms of scoop

Noun


1. scoop, scoopful, containerful

usage: the quantity a scoop will hold

2. scoop, pocket, concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature

usage: a hollow concave shape made by removing something

3. exclusive, scoop, report, news report, story, account, write up

usage: a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"

4. soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay, gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB

usage: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

5. scoop, scoop shovel, shovel

usage: the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

6. scoop, ladle

usage: a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"

Verb


1. scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up, remove, take, take away, withdraw

usage: take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"

2. outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

usage: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

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Definition and meaning of scoop (Dictionary)