
scoop
n 1: the quantity a scoop will hold [syn: {scoopful}]
2: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn: {pocket}]
3: a news report that is reported first by one news
organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city
officials" [syn: {exclusive}]
4: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: {soap}, {max},
{liquid ecstasy}, {grievous bodily harm}, {goop}, {Georgia
home boy}, {easy lay}]
5: the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe [syn: {scoop
shovel}]
6: a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
v 1: take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar
out of the container" [syn: {scoop out}, {lift out}, {scoop
up}, {take up}]
2: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
[syn: {outdo}, {outflank}, {trump}, {best}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0