scoop out

Questions about scoop out

What does scoop out mean?

scoop out means "hollow out with a scoop". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for scoop out?

Close synonyms include scoop, lift out, scoop up, take up. 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 out a common word?

scoop out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.