From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa,
akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E.
shove. See Shovel.]
1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for
dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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2. 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.
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3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
certain substances or foreign bodies.
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4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R.
Drake.
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5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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7. 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.
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8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a
rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory
cant]
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9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's
divorce?. [informal]
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Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net
for sweeping the bottom of a river.
Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or
buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
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He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
--Dryden.
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2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig
out; to form by digging or excavation.
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Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to
hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scoop \Scoop\, v. t.
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beat \Beat\, n.
1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the
beat of him. [Colloq.]
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2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
(a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a
piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors;
also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or
exclusive.
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It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's
Mag.
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(b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a
tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those
so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of
a beat." --Encyc. of Sport.
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Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the
last moment, when the beat is close to them.
--Encyc. of
Sport.
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(c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
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