scoop
To pick something up and move it using a spoon, another tool, or your hand in a curved shape.
To lift and move something, especially loose or soft material or small objects, using a scoop, spoon, or curved hand.
The amount of something you get when you fill a scoop one time.
An amount of something, especially food or powder, that fits into and is taken with one scoop.
A tool like a deep spoon that you use to move or measure things like ice cream, flour, or pet food.
A tool with a deep, bowl-like part and usually a handle, used for lifting, measuring, or serving loose or soft material such as ice cream, flour, or pet food.
News or information that one person or group gets before other people, especially in the news or in gossip.
A piece of news or information obtained before others, especially by one news organization ahead of its competitors, or more generally, special inside information.
To take or buy many things very quickly, so that other people cannot get them.
To quickly take, collect, or buy a large amount of something, especially before other people have the chance to get it.
To be the first news group to find and share a story before other news groups.
In journalism, to get and publish a news story before competing news organizations.
To take the soft or loose part out of the inside of something with a spoon or tool so it becomes hollow.
To remove the soft or loose inner part of something using a scoop, spoon, or similar tool, often leaving it hollow.
- Base: scoop
- Plural: scoops
- Base: scoop
- 3rd Person Singular: scoops
- Present Participle: scooping
- Past: scooped
get the scoop
1obtain exclusive information
To find or receive special or early information about something.
- Reporters are trying to get the scoop on the story before it breaks.
- She called her friend to get the scoop on the surprise party.
have the scoop
1possess exclusive information
To have special or early information about something before other people know it.
- Our tech team has the scoop on the new software release.
- If anyone has the scoop on office gossip, it's him.
inside scoop
1secret or private information
Special secret information that only people close to a situation usually know.
- She gave me the inside scoop on the company's plans.
- He claims to have the inside scoop about the next season of the show.
- If you want the inside scoop, talk to someone in the office.
scoop out
1remove soft inside part
To take the soft or loose part out from the middle of something with a spoon or similar tool.
- Scoop out the seeds before you cut the melon into pieces.
- She scooped out the inside of the bread roll to make a space for the soup.
- Use a spoon to scoop out the pumpkin before you carve a face.
scoop the jackpot
1win the main prize
To win the biggest prize in a lottery, game, or competition.
- A retired teacher scooped the jackpot in last night's lottery.
- He dreams of scooping the jackpot and quitting his job.
scoop the pool
1win all the prizes
To win every prize or award in a competition or event.
- Their film scooped the pool at the awards ceremony.
- The team scooped the pool, taking home every major trophy.
scoop up
1pick up or collect quickly
To pick up or collect things quickly, often many things at once, using your hands, arms, or a container, or to buy or take many things before others can.
- She scooped up the toys from the floor before guests arrived.
- Shoppers scooped up the new phones as soon as they went on sale.
- He bent down and scooped up the papers that had fallen.
the scoop on [something]
1the latest or inside information
The newest or secret information about a person, event, or thing.
- Do you have the scoop on their new project?
- I called her to get the scoop on what really happened at the party.
- This blog always has the scoop on upcoming games.
what's the scoop?
1asking for the latest news
A friendly way to ask, “What is the latest news or information?”
- You just came from the meeting—what's the scoop?
- Okay, what's the scoop on your new job?
- Come on, what's the scoop? Are they really moving?