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Scoop wheel
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
certain substances or foreign bodies.
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4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R.
Drake.
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5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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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.
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8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a
rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory
cant]
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9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's
divorce?. [informal]
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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.
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