scoop
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoopTo lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
» Can I get another scoop of ice cream?
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6 senses(transitive)To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
schaufeln, schöpfen
собира́тьsobirátʹ, сгребатьsgrebatʹ
(transitive)To make hollow; to dig out.
I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers.
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
(transitive)To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
(often)To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
(slang)To pick (someone) up
You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?
(slang)To win the entire pot in a hand in which the pot was split.
Examples
50 sentencesCan I get another scoop of ice cream?
Do you want a scoop of ice cream?
deMöchtest du eine Kugel Eis? — Waldelfe
How many scoops of ice cream do you want?
I ate a slice of pie with a scoop of ice cream.
What's the scoop on your new boyfriend?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, scFrom Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel, Japanese スコップ.
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Forms
scoops, scooping, scooped, scoopedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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