Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scoop

6 senses of scoop

Sense 1
scoop, scoopful -- (the quantity a scoop will hold)
       => containerful -- (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 2
scoop, pocket -- (a hollow concave shape made by removing something)
       => concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature -- (a shape that curves or bends inward)

Sense 3
exclusive, scoop -- (a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials")
       => report, news report, story, account, write up -- (a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious")

Sense 4
soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay -- (street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate)
       => gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB -- (a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape)

Sense 5
scoop, scoop shovel -- (the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe)
       => shovel -- (a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle)

Sense 6
scoop -- (a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream")
       => ladle -- (a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scoop

2 senses of scoop

Sense 1
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up -- (take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 2
outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop -- (get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")