scoop
1. the quantity a scoop will hold (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
scoopful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
2. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
• Syn:
soap, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop,
Georgia home boy, easy lay
• Hypernyms:
gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB
3. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
• Syn:
pocket
• Hypernyms:
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
4. a news report that is reported first by one news organization
- he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
• Syn:
exclusive
• Hypernyms:
report, news report, story, account, write up
5. the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
• Syn:
scoop shovel
• Hypernyms:
shovel
• Part Holonyms:
backhoe, dredge
6. a large ladle
- he used a scoop to serve the ice cream
• Hypernyms:
ladle
1. get the better of
- the goal was to best the competition
• Syn:
outdo, outflank, trump, best
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Hyponyms:
outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to scoop his opponent
2. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- scoop the sugar out of the container
• Syn:
scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
dip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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