escupe

Phonetic: "/skuːp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Example: She kept a scoop in the dog food.

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

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

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

Definition: A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

Definition: An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.

Definition: The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

Definition: A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

Definition: A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

Definition: A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.

Definition: A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

Definition: The peak of a cap.

Definition: A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.

Phonetic: "/skuːp/"

Part Of Speech: verb

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

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

Definition: To make hollow; to dig out.

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

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

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

Definition: (often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.

Definition: To pick (someone) up

Example: You have a car. Can you come and scoop me?