scoop
noun
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
scoops
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pluralof scoop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof scoop (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
scoopnouna ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
Example Sentences
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“That’s clearly a fake argument,” he says on an early Thursday evening in August, wearing a Western-style hat and savoring two scoops of gelato from Paradise Bakery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Once they’ve reached their capacity of about 20,000 pounds, a boat hauls everything to the harbor and a crane scoops it out in nets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
One of the biggest scoops Latifi reports is that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — widely known as the Mormon church — financially backs influencers.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
As TV producers jockeyed for scoops and access, prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, in Fort Worth, were faced with another task.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
The woman looks down blankly at Geak, who barely reaches Mas thigh and puts two scoops of rice and two fish into Ma s bowl and one of each in Geak’s bowl.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
