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🦪 A shellfish 🥩 A thin slice 〰️ To make curves 〰️ A rounded edge 🥘 To bake in sauce 🦪 To collect shellfish
to scallop

to scallop

6.7
To search for and collect shellfish from the sea
  • verb
  • /ˈskæləp/
translation icon : pescar vieiras
  • During the summer, many families go scalloping in the coastal waters to gather fresh shellfish for dinner.

Examples

  • Last summer, we tried scalloping for the first time, and it was a fun way to spend the day at the beach.

  • He loves scalloping on weekends, searching for the best spots along the shore with his friends.

  • And she never broke the habit of carting Riva along everywhere—scalloping, crabbing, clamming.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • In Area 2, non-value discards (scalloped hammerhead) and animals illegal to land (blacktip and spinner) made up equal portions of the shark discards.

    Academic text (1997)

  • These 8, in order of abundance by weight, were blacknose, Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, finetooth, scalloped hammerhead, bonnethead, spinner, and great hammerhead.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

to shrimp
vsto scallop
4 5.3

To catch small sea animals with a long body for food, often from a boat

focuses on searching the seabed for shelled animals rather than catching swimming crustaceans
to clam
vsto scallop
  • US
2 7.5

To dig in sand to collect clams

uses a similar digging gathering method but targets a different shell animal
to scollop
vsto scallop
  • UK
9.9

To catch the edible sea animal with a fan-shaped shell

is the standard spelling used for that same collecting activity
to oyster
vsto scallop
9.2

To collect sea animals with rough shells from the sea or shore

focuses on collecting a different shell animal rather than that specific one
to sponge
vsto scallop
  • Specialized
7.7

To collect soft sea animals with many holes for sale

involves collecting shelled animals rather than soft sea organisms

Compounds

sea scallop
  • US
2 3.4

A large sea animal with a shell that people eat for its tender meat

bay scallop
  • US
1 3.7

A small edible shellfish with sweet, tender meat from shallow coastal waters

scallop shell
1 4.4

A fan-shaped shell with lines from the middle to the edge often used as a symbol

giant scallop
  • US
4.9

A large edible sea clam that lives in cold Atlantic waters

Surface Forms

scallop infinitive
scalloped past
scalloped past participle
scalloping present participle
scallops third person singular

Etymology

To scallop (verb) simply means to go and collect scallops; the animal's name was turned into an action, so you 'scallop' when you gather the shellfish.