scoop
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2.1
- noun
- /skuːp/
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cucharada
- It's a banana leaf, holding a small scoop of rice and surrounded by little decorative leaves.
Maybe, but we will survive and I'm having half a scoop, so it's fine.
- Maybe, but we will survive and I'm having half a scoop, so it's fine.
- So I take this free workout one full scoop put into water shake it up.
- It's just one scoop and a cup of water every day.
- Yeah, I think that one last scoop got us there.
Examples
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I could really go for a scoop of strawberry ice cream.
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You should add one scoop of flour to the mixture for the best results.
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It's just one scoop and a cup of water every day.
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Then I think we take and put a scoop in there.
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Can I get another scoop?
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Maybe, but we will survive and I'm having half a scoop, so it's fine.
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First I put in olive oil and then I put in two scoops of garlic rice.
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We're going to take about two heaping scoops of just regular raw sugar.
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She'd be in there a while now, counting cups of water and scoops of coffee.
Fiction book (1996) -
After the meal, I asked for a scoop of chocolate ice cream for dessert.
Synonyms
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2.3
The amount a spoon or small shovel can hold
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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5.5
Secret information that only a few people know about a company or event
- Jargon
A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the measurement sense of scoop is to think of a spoonful; a scoop is the amount that fits into a small bowl or ladle, from the same old root skopa for 'bowl'.