scoop

scoop¹ [sku:p] n

[Date: 1300-1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: schope]

1.) an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it

▪ a journalist looking for a scoop

2.) a round deep spoon for serving food, for example ↑ice cream or ↑mashed potato

3.) also scoopful

an amount of food served with a scoop

scoop of

▪ two scoops of ice cream

4.) AmE informal information about something

▪ the inside scoop (=special information that other people do not have) on the markets

what's the scoop?

(=used to ask for information or news)

scoop ²

scoop² v [T]

1.) [always + adverb/preposition]

to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand

▪ She bent down and scooped up the little dog.

▪ Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.

2.) to be the first newspaper to print an important news report

▪ Time and again we have scooped our rivals.

3.) BrE to win a prize or ↑award

▪ Britain scooped the top prize in the over 50s category.

scoop up [scoop sth<=>up] phr v

if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left

▪ Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale.