Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E. shove. See {Shovel}.] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R. Drake.
5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops. [PJC]
8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a {beat}. [Newspaper or laboratory cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [informal] [PJC]
{Scoop net}, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river.
{Scoop wheel}, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scooping}.] [OE. scopen. See {Scoop}, n.] 1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
He scooped the water from the crystal flood. --Dryden.
2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot.
Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Beat \Beat\, n. 1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a {scoop} or {exclusive}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. ``Driven out in the course of a beat.'' --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
One of the real originals in the collection was a brown velveteen dress shirred around the scoop neckline and at the waist, worn with a silky high-necked green shirt underneath.
For the last eight months, city workers have been using long-handled fish nets to scoop the multicolored condoms from the sewage and count them each day.
During the raging bull market, investors often were willing to scoop up any new security Wall Street could concoct.
Cornett said there were 12 skimmers deployed early Tuesday, but they had managed to scoop only about 3,500 barrels from the sea's surface.
Once streets are clear, street cleaning trucks scoop up the vast amounts of litter left after a day of partying and parades.
And never any ashes to scoop.
He doesn't scoop up to high notes, as most tenors do, in "Celeste Aida."
From lottery contests to courtrooms, the Windy City's largest daily papers rarely miss an opportunity to scoop each other.
"I don't think we should encourage people they're getting the scoop on their future," says Jim Creighton, features director.
The armored car's security escorts surrendered their two shotguns before opening rear doors to allow the robbers to scoop up several duffel bags.
But they do and that's a fact of life." U.S. dairy exporters are discovering that consumers in foreign countries appreciate a big scoop of ice cream on a hot day as much as Americans.
Wearing a blue windbreaker, dark blue pants and a short-brimmed hat with a scoop in the middle, Ellis and his classmates said they would have to watch neighbors' televisions Wednesday evening to see if they made the national news.
Bazoft's colleagues in London insisted he was not a spy, just an enthusiastic reporter going after a scoop.
In a further act of defiance, I have bought ice cream glasses and spoons, and a beautiful silver scoop.
The balance is accounted for by 'scoop' sales from ice cream vans and stands. Both main markets have been revitalised by the adult products.
Thousands of onlookers gathered downtown to take pictures and scoop up singed papers that fluttered to the street through broken windows.
Then the 10 post-crash weeks made the first nine months look like the Ice Age, as companies swooped to bolster investor confidence and scoop up their own stock at bargain-basement prices.
Two ships were also on their way with booms and other equipment ready to scoop oil from the water if needed, Bywater said.
Scurrying about, working the phones excitedly in his squeaky voice, he is an old-fashioned reporter in endless pursuit of the scoop.
Dornbusch advocates a cheaper dollar even though it makes the United States a poorer country _ harder for Americans to afford imported products and easier for foreigners to scoop up U.S. products and assets.
The question is raised by CNN's failure to relay a major scoop - its interview with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, on Larry King Live - direct to its European audience. The interview ran a day later and CNN used an actor to mouth Adams' comments.
This attitude allowed House incumbents to scoop up $51 million from PACs as of June 30, compared with $3 million for challengers.
Capitalizing on this summer's rush of starry-eyed tourists, shrewd Alaskans are dashing around to scoop up piles of small brown moose nuggets that have been elevated from smelly nuisance to proud symbol.
"Now you've got to go fish," pastry chef Julie Marx, told one after another, showing them how to dip a demolished egg shell into the blender to scoop up the unwanted yellow yolk.
But a Saturn spokesman says the GM subsidiary may not invite reporters because it doesn't want them to see the car and scoop the subsidiary's plans for a launch late this fall.
The liquid should barely tremble or the quenelles may disintegrate as they cook. Using a pair of dessertspoons, scoop and mould the quenelle mixture lightly into plump, meringue-shaped ovals; about two dozen in all.
'Below and far ahead, at the foot of the hollow scoop of the pass, lay a pale golden land, shimmering in sunlight under a sky of summery blue.
Chop the artichokes into small pieces and scoop the flavoursome marrow from the stalks. Heat the stock until just simmering and keep it at simmering point.
"I think the vultures were here looking to scoop up a bargain," said Hobert Hobbs, vice president of Sky Group International Inc., which owns the resort. "We've been in a lot of battles.
The real scoop, however, is not the revelation that Onassis was a wife-beater but that the White House was after him.