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scoop
[ skoop ]
/ skup /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.
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Origin of scoop
1300–50; (noun) Middle English scope<Middle Dutch schōpe; (v.) Middle English scopen, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM scoop
Words nearby scoop
sconcheon, sconcheon arch, scone, S. Con. Res., scooby doo, scoop, scoopful, scoop neck, scoosh, scoot, scooter
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British Dictionary definitions for scoop
scoop
/ (skuːp) /
noun
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of scoop
scooper, nounscoopful, nounWord Origin for scoop
C14: via Middle Dutch schōpe from Germanic; compare Old High German scephan to ladle, German schöpfen, Schaufel shovel, Dutch schoep vessel for baling
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