ALL meanings of scooper
scoop
S s - verb without object scooper to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop: to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel. 1
- noun scooper a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc. 1
- noun scooper a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods. 1
- noun scooper a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil: two scoops of chocolate ice cream. 1
- noun scooper the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc. 1
- noun scooper Surgery. a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body. 1
- noun scooper a hollow or hollowed-out place. 1
- noun scooper the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc. 1
- noun scooper the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc. 1
- noun scooper Journalism. a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat. 1
- noun scooper Informal. news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source: What's the scoop on working this machine? 1
- noun scooper a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands. 1
- noun scooper Informal. a big haul, as of money. 1
- noun scooper Television, Movies. a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop. 1
- verb with object scooper to take up or out with or as if with a scoop. 1
- verb with object scooper to empty with a scoop. 1
- verb with object scooper to form a hollow or hollows in. 1
- verb with object scooper to form with or as if with a scoop. 1
- verb with object scooper to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first: They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud. 1
- verb with object scooper to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands: He scooped the money into his pocket. 1