scoop

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"We used to just do what they called a scoop-and-drop at the medical center" before city paramedics were trained, he said.

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  1. noun A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
  2. noun The amount that such a utensil can hold.
  3. noun A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
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  • With a Twitter post, you can direct people to your blog for the whole "scoop" - as you can only write a short message on Twitter. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Plus, four new skill moves -- scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls -- give you a total of 32 tricks in your arsenal to perform just like Ronaldinho. —  Xbox Users Group News
  • Meanwhile in a Daily Telegraph scoop, the Tories are announcing a rival attraction "Tories plan to raise inheritance tax threshold to £2 million." —  Slugger O'Toole
  • Jim's a straight shooter, and I wouldn't expect to find him anywhere but on the cutting edge of contemporary technology. also got the scoop -- I have to ask, why didn't I get the scoop? —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Instead of getting that kind of scoop, Bacon looked at how the Republican Establishment tries to find an alliance with Rush: —  Hot Air » Top Picks
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shovel ·  spoon ·  tub ·  pail ·  spoonful ·  ladle ·  container ·  tongs ·  fork ·  cans ·  pinch

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scoop:   scooped ·  scooping ·  scoops
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.

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  1. from Middle English scope, skope, skoupe = Middle Dutch schoepe, schuppe, a scoop, shovel, Dutch schop, a spade (schoppen, spades at cards), = Middle Low German schuppe, Low German schüppe (later G. schüppe), a shovel, also a spade at cards, = Swedish skopa, a scoop; cf. German schöpfe, a scoop, ladle, schoppen, a pint measure; perhaps connected with shove, shovel. Some compare Greek σκύφος, a cup, σκάφος, a hollow vessel, from σκάπτειν, dig: see shave. In senses 6–8 from the verb.
  2. from Middle English scopen, from scoop, n. Cf. Old Saxon skeppian = Dutch scheppen = Middle Low German scheppen, schepen, Low German scheppen = Old High German scaphan, scephan, sceffan, skepfen, Middle High German schephen, schepfen, German schöpfen, scoop, ladle out; from the noun.
 

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