Need another word that means the same as “scoop”? Find 43 synonyms and 30 related words for “scoop” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Scoop” are: georgia home boy, goop, liquid ecstasy, max, soap, pocket, scoopful, scoop shovel, exclusive, spoon, ladle, dipper, spoonful, portion, lump, ball, exclusive story, inside story, exposé, revelation, lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up, best, outdo, outflank, trump, hollow out, gouge out, dig, excavate, cut out, remove, take out, spoon out, scrape out, ladle out, pick up, gather up, lift, sweep up, catch up
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “scoop” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ball | Baseball. The ball rolled into the corner pocket. |
| dipper | A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor at the end of the dipper s handle is Polaris. |
| exclusive | A news report that is reported first by one news organization. |
| exclusive story | A news report that is reported first by one news organization. |
| exposé | The exposure of an impostor or a fraud. |
| georgia home boy | Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. |
| goop | Sloppy or sticky semi-fluid matter, typically something unpleasant. |
| inside story | The region that is inside of something. |
| ladle | A large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup or sauce. She dipped the ladle into the casserole dish. |
| liquid ecstasy | The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. |
| lump | A swelling under the skin, especially one caused by injury or disease. There was a lump of ice floating in the milk. |
| max | A maximum amount or setting. The sound is distorted to the max. |
| A small isolated group of people. The pack has two main compartments and four pockets. | |
| portion | Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. A portion of the jetty still stands. |
| revelation | The last book of the New Testament recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John. A divine revelation. |
| scoop shovel | The quantity a scoop will hold. |
| scoopful | The quantity a scoop will hold. |
| soap | A soap opera. A bar of soap. |
| spoon | A thing resembling a spoon in shape. Three spoons of sugar. |
| spoonful | As much as a spoon will hold. Add a spoonful of honey to a glass of hot water. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “scoop” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| best | Outwit or get the better of (someone. She refused to allow herself to be bested. |
| catch up | Catch up with and possibly overtake. |
| cut out | Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch. |
| dig | Remove harvest or recover by digging. He had no compunction about digging into her private affairs. |
| excavate | Reveal or extract (buried remains) while excavating an area. Excavate a cavity. |
| gather up | Get people together. |
| gouge out | Make a groove in. |
| hollow out | Remove the inner part or the core of. |
| ladle out | Put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle. |
| lift | Raise (a person’s spirits or confidence. That night the army came and lifted Buckley. |
| lift out | Take (root crops) out of the ground. |
| outdo | Be superior to in action or performance. She outdoes all other athletes. |
| outflank | Get the better of. An attempt to outflank the opposition. |
| pick up | Pilfer or rob. |
| remove | Remove from a position or an office. They removed thousands of needy youngsters from the benefit system. |
| scoop out | Take out or up with or as if with a scoop. |
| scoop up | Get the better of. |
| scrape out | Make by scraping. |
| spoon out | Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others. |
| sweep up | Clean by sweeping. |
| take out | Take into one’s possession. |
| take up | Accept or undergo, often unwillingly. |
| trump | Produce a sound as if from a trumpet. Why on earth did you trump my ace. |
| archaeologist | A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains. Chinese archaeologists uncovered life sized terracotta statues. |
| ax | Chop or split with an ax. The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it. |
| bucket | The contents of a bucket or the amount it can contain. As the chain turns the buckets bite into the canal bed and scoop out the mud. |
| burrow | A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling. Burrow through the forest. |
| chopstick | One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with. |
| concavity | The property possessed by a concave shape. The concavity of her stomach. |
| delve | Reach inside a receptacle and search for something. The society is determined to delve deeper into the matter. |
| dig | Create by digging. Apart from digging a site recording evidence is important. |
| disinter | Dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse. He has disinterred an important collection of writings. |
| dug | An udder or breast or teat. |
| excavate | Remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains. Excavate gold. |
| excavation | The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. There s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton. |
| exhume | Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies. The bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge. |
| fork | Denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork while standing. Turn right at the next fork. |
| inflection | The variation of the pitch of a musical note. The point of inflection of the bell shaped curve. |
| ladle | Put a liquid into a container by means of a ladle. Ladle soup into the bowl. |
| lift | Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building. The European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa. |
| mallet | A hammer with a large, usually wooden head. |
| mine | Lay mines. Mine ores and metals. |
| pit | A person s armpit. A gravel pit. |
| plow | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil. Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week. |
| quarry | Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. A British term for quarry is stone pit. |
| shovel | Move coal earth snow or a similar substance with a shovel. He shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long. |
| spatula | An implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used for mixing and spreading things, especially in cooking and painting. |
| spoon | A thing resembling a spoon in shape. He added two spoons of sugar. |
| tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. The house was as quiet as a tomb. |
| trowel | Apply or spread with or as if with a trowel. A garden trowel. |
| underground | A member of an underground political group or movement. The New York underground art scene. |
| unearth | Bring to light. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President. |
| utensil | An implement for practical use (especially in a household. Kitchen utensils. |
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