scoop

CEFRB2

/skuːp/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A deep tool used for lifting loose material.

  2. 02

    verb

    To lift or remove something with a curved tool.

Examples

  • If you walk your dog, scoop the poop.

  • What's the scoop on your new boyfriend?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /skup/
  • /skʉːp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

  2. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

  3. Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

More examples

In context

  • She kept a scoop in the dog food.

  • Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.

  • an ice-cream scoop

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel, Japanese スコップ.