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scoop

scoop

14 2.1
A curved bowl used to lift things like ice cream and soil
  • noun
  • /skuːp/
: cuchara
  • The recipe calls for one scoop of flour for the cake.

So one of these do a big scoop, fill it right to the top.

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Examples

  • What I'd like is a scoop of this ice cream before going back down.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • So one of these do a big scoop, fill it right to the top.

  • Let me just point the camera down a little bit and then one scoop in there.

  • I have a scoop here.

  • Could you pass me the scoop?

  • Murphy tossed another scoop of coal onto the fire.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We have dessert crepes or a scoop of pie.

  • The fruit salad was canned but served with a little scoop of lime sherbet, which was refreshing, everyone agreed.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Armstrong was using an aluminum scoop fitted into an extension handle to collect samples of rock without bending over.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Could you please pass me the scoop so I can serve the ice cream?

Synonyms

scooper
vsscoop
3 2.7

A small bowl-shaped tool used to lift and serve soft foods like ice cream

focuses on the utensil or machine bucket rather than the person who acts
scoop shovel
vsscoop
1 5.2

A large deep bucket on a machine used to lift and move dirt

describes a general serving utensil or machine part, not only heavy equipment

Compounds

inside scoop
  • Literature
11 5.5

Secret information that only a few people know about a company or event

1 5.2

A large deep bucket on a machine used to lift and move dirt

scoop shot
  • Jargon
1 4.9

A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender

How Big

shovel
177 1.0
bucket
333 1.0
scoop
14 2.1
ladle
16 2.1
spoon
232 1.0

Surface Forms

scoop singular
scoops plural

Etymology

Scoop originally named a small bowl or ladle (from old Norse skopa), the kind you use like a big spoon to move food. So a scoop is also the tool with a deep curved bowl used for serving or for the bucket part of a machine.