scoop

1. 1.

   take out or up with or as if with a scoop

   “scoop the sugar out of the container”

   Synonymsscoop outlift outscoop uptake up

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerdip
2. 2.

   get the better of

   “the goal was to best the competition”

   Synonymsoutdooutflanktrumpbest

   Broaderbeat

   Narroweroutmaneuver

Other forms of scoop

plural

scoops·

past tense

scooped·

present participle

scooping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scoop

What does scoop mean?

scoop means "the quantity a scoop will hold". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scoop?

scoop has 1 syllable: scoop. In IPA it is /ˈskup/.

What is another word for scoop?

Close synonyms include scoopful, pocket, exclusive, soap, max. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scoop a common word?

scoop is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.