A Quick and Simple Dictionary

scoop

1. Noun.  Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually including a handle used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
2. Noun.  The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
3. Noun.  A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
4. Noun.  (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
5. Noun.  The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
6. Noun.  A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
7. Noun.  A special "Spinal Board" called a "Scoop" or "Spinal scoop" used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
10. Verb.  (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
11. Verb.  To consume an alcoholic beverage.