SCOOPS

Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

"She kept a scoop in the dog food."

The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

"I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream."

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

"He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."

To make hollow; to dig out.

"I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."

To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).

"The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."