6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  3.  (Surg.)  A  spoon-shaped  instrument,  used  in  extracting 
  certain  substances  or  foreign  bodies. 
 
  4.  A  place  hollowed  out  a  basinlike  cavity;  a  hollow. 
 
  Some  had  lain  in  the  scoop  of  the  rock.  --J.  R. 
  Drake. 
 
  5.  A  sweep;  a  stroke;  a  swoop. 
 
  6.  The  act  of  scooping,  or  taking  with  a  scoop  or  ladle;  a 
  motion  with  a  scoop,  as  in  dipping  or  shoveling. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  He  scooped  the  water  from  the  crystal  flood. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  empty  by  lading;  as  to  scoop  a  well  dry. 
 
  3.  To  make  hollow,  as  a  scoop  or  dish;  to  excavate;  to  dig 
  out  to  form  by  digging  or  excavation. 
 
  Those  carbuncles  the  Indians  will  scoop,  so  as  to 
  hold  above  a  pint.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scoop  \Scoop\,  n. 
  A  beat  [Newspaper  Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scoop  \Scoop\,  v.  t. 
  To  get  a  scoop,  or  a  beat  on  (a  rival).  [Newspaper  Slang] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  the  shovel  or  bucket  of  dredge  or  backhoe  [syn:  {scoop 
  shovel}] 
  5:  a  large  ladle;  "he  used  a  scoop  to  serve  the  ice  cream" 
  v  1:  profit  suddenly  [syn:  {make  a  scoop}] 
  2:  take  out  or  up  with  or  as  if  with  a  scoop  [syn:  {scoop  out}, 
  {lift  out},  {scoop  up},  {take  up}] 
  3:  get  the  better  of  [syn:  {outdo},  {outflank},  {trump},  {best}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SCOOP 
 
  Structured  Concurrent  Object-Oriented  Prolog. 
 
  ["SCOOP,  Structured  Concurrent  Object-Oriented  Prolog", 
  J.  Vaucher  et  al  in  ECOOP  '88,  S.  Gjessing  et  al  eds,  LNCS 
  322,  Springer  1988,  pp.191-211]. 
 
 

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