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English noun: scoop | |||
| 1. | scoop (quantity) the quantity a scoop will hold | ||
| Synonyms | scoopful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | containerful | ||
| 2. | scoop (shape) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | ||
| Synonyms | |||
| Broader (hypernym) | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | ||
| 3. | scoop (communication) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | ||
| Samples | He got a scoop on the bribery of city officials. | ||
| Synonyms | exclusive | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | account, news report, report, story, write up | ||
| 4. | scoop (artifact) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | ||
| Synonyms | easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB | ||
| 5. | scoop (artifact) the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe | ||
| Synonyms | scoop shovel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shovel | ||
| Part meronym | backhoe, dredge | ||
| 6. | scoop (artifact) a large ladle | ||
| Samples | He used a scoop to serve the ice cream. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ladle | ||
English verb: scoop | |||
| 1. | scoop (contact) take out or up with or as if with a scoop | ||
| Samples | Scoop the sugar out of the container. | ||
| Synonyms | lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dip | ||
| 2. | scoop (competition) get the better of | ||
| Samples | The goal was to best the competition. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to scoop his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | best, outdo, outflank, trump | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart | ||
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