0 past simple and past participle of scoop
1 to move something with a scoop or with something used as a scoop:
2 to get a large number of votes or prizes:
The party is expected to scoop up the majority of the working-class vote.
3 to be the first newspaper to discover and print an important news story:
But the legibility of just about every line and note indicates that considerable care was taken; we're not seeing material just scooped out of files.
During the hot summer months, hot custard was made and scooped from the bowl with bare hands.
The cricket is put in, and when oil and dirt begin to float on the surface it is scooped out again with a net.
Any leaf litter scooped out with the loose soil was also replaced in the burrow.
The egg-infested papaya was then halved and the seeds and inner flesh scooped out, leaving only about 1 cm thick outer portion.
She scooped paste and lighted the lamp.
The subject is often scooped up in defence or foreign affairs debates, but its importance must be emphasised.
Even the strongest management would have avoided involving its paper in a strike and seeing its circulation scooped up by one of its competitors.
