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English

scoops

noun

Meaning

  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.
  6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
  7. To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
  8. To make hollow; to dig out.
  9. To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
  10. (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.
  11. To pick (someone) up

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data