/skuːp/
noun
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.The digging attachment on a front-end loader.A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.The peak of a cap.A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.verb
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.To make hollow; to dig out.To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).(often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.To pick (someone) up