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Uncommonscoop
The correct spelling is scoop.
How to pronounce scoop
/skuːp/
nounIPA: /skuːp/
Say it like: Scoo-p
The correct spelling is scoop. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material. For example: "She kept a scoop in the dog food."
Usage Examples
“She kept a scoop in the dog food.”
“I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.”
“He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- 2.The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
- 3.The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
- 4.A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
- 5.An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
verb
- 1.To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
- 2.To make hollow; to dig out.
- 3.To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
- 4.(often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
- 5.To pick (someone) up
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