scoop
Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
Example
“She kept a scoop in the dog food.”
Other meanings
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
“Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.”
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
“with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond.”
Related words
- horse scoop
- ice cream scoop
- parisienne scoop
- scoop shot
- snow scoop
- sugar scoop
- scoop net
- apple scoop
- butter scoop
- cheese scoop
- disher scoop
- ice-cream scoop
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Dutch "schoppe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scoop” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.