SCOOP
What does "SCOOP" mean?
A spoon-like utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story.
Meanings
- A deep spoon or shovel-like tool for lifting portions of food or loose substances. He pressed a perfect ball of dough with the cookie scoop.
- The amount held by such a tool. Two scoops of vanilla, please.
- An exclusive or breaking news story published ahead of rivals. The young reporter landed the scoop of the year. informal
- To lift or gather up with or as if with a scoop. She scooped the puppy off the floor before it chewed the cable.
- To beat a competitor to a news story. A blogger scooped the major papers on the resignation. informal
Word origin
From Middle Dutch 'schope' ('bucket for bailing water') and Middle Low German 'schope' ('ladle'); the journalism sense arose in late 19th-century American newspaper slang.
Remember it
SCOOP has two O's like two scoops in a cone - the round letters are the ice cream.
A little poem
One scoop in the cone,
the second already gone-
summer is like that.
haiku
Wordplay
- The ice cream vendor became a journalist. He said he was always after the next big scoop.
What it teaches
Whether it is ice cream or news, the value of a scoop is in being first to the bottom of it.
Quick facts
What does SCOOP mean?
A spoon-like utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story.
Is SCOOP a valid word?
Yes — SCOOP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCOOP?
SCOOP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCOOP come from?
From Middle Dutch 'schope' ('bucket for bailing water') and Middle Low German 'schope' ('ladle'); the journalism sense arose in late 19th-century American newspaper slang.
What can SCOOP teach us?
Whether it is ice cream or news, the value of a scoop is in being first to the bottom of it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.