1. • noun - the quantity a scoop will hold
   • noun - a hollow concave shape made by removing something
   • noun - a news report that is reported first by one news organization
   • noun - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
   • noun - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
   • noun - a large ladle
   • verb - take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   • verb - get the better of
2. • A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep, curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
   • The amount that such a utensil can hold.
   • A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
   • A portion of food gathered with this utensil.
   • A ladle; a dipper.
   • An implement for bailing water from a boat.
   • A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
   • The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.
   • A hollow area; a cavity.
   • An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: “The [sports car] has... enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still” (Mark Weinstein).
   • A scooping movement or action.
   • An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
   • Current information or details: What’s the scoop on the new neighbors? — v.
   • To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.
   • To hollow out by digging.
   • To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
   • To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.
3. • v - to take up with a scoop (a spoonlike utensil)

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