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What does scoop mean?

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Noun
  1. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
  2. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
  3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
  4. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
  5. (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
  6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
  7. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
  8. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
  9. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
  10. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
  2. (transitive) To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
  3. (music) To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
  4. To consume an alcoholic beverage.
  5. (slang) To pick (someone) up
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