1. a large ladle
2. a deep shovel or similar implement for digging, dipping, or shoveling
3. a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food
4. a small spoon-shaped utensil or instrument for cutting or gouging
5. the action of scooping
6. the amount contained by a scoop
7. a hollow place cavity
8. a part forming or surrounding an opening for channeling a fluid (such as air) into a desired path
9. information especially of immediate interest
10. beat sense 5b
11. a rounded and usually low-cut neckline on a woman's garment — called also scoop neck
12. to take out or up with or as if with a scoop dip
13. to pick up quickly or surreptitiously with or as if with a sweep of the hand —often used with up
scoop up the treat
14. to empty by ladling out the contents
15. to make hollow dig out
16. beat sense 5a(2)
scooped the rival newspaper
17. a kitchen tool like a spoon that has a usually thick handle and a deep bowl for taking something from a container
18. something that is shaped like a bowl or bucket and used to pick up and move things
19. the amount of something that is held in a scoop
20. to pick up and move (something) with a scoop, a spoon, etc.
21. to pick up (something or someone) in one quick, continuous motion
22. to make (a hole, hollow, etc.) by using a scoop, spoon, etc.
23. the amount held by a scoop
I ate a scoop of ice cream.
24. a kitchen utensil resembling a deep spoon and used for digging into and lifting out a soft substance
an ice cream scoop
25. a motion made with or as if with a scoop
26. a large deep shovel for digging, dipping, or shoveling
27. to take out or up with or as if with a dipping motion
They started kicking water at each other and scooping it up …
— Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
28. to make something (as a hole) by creating a hollow place
29. a spoon-shaped surgical instrument used in extracting various materials (as pus or foreign bodies)