1 [count] a : a kitchen tool like a spoon that has a usually thick handle and a deep bowl for taking something from a container
▪ an ice-cream scoop ▪ a flour scoop
b : something that is shaped like a bowl or bucket and used to pick up and move things
▪ a backhoe with a large scoop ▪ the scoop of a shovel [=the part of a shovel that is like a bowl]
c : the amount of something that is held in a scoop
▪ a scoop [=scoopful] of ice cream 2 [count] : a news story that is reported before other news reporters know about it
▪ The story turned out to be the political scoop of the year. 3 the scoop US, informal : information about something that is currently important or happening or that is interesting to many people
▪ Did you talk to him? What's the scoop? [=what did he say?; what is happening?] ▪ She always knows the scoop. ▪ Here's the scoop on how to clean leather. ▪ I was with them when it happened, so I've got the inside scoop. [=information known only by a particular group of people] 4 [count] : the act of picking up something with a quick, continuous motion : the act of scooping something
▪ With one scoop, he gathered up all the clothes on the floor.