scoop

C2+ Topic:Materials & Substances

US /skup/ UK /skuːp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story

The reporter landed a major scoop on the scandal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a utensil for lifting loose... ladle spoon dipper exclusive story gouge dig

Word family

Derived forms scooper

Simplified etymology

Scoop, recorded from Middle English, is related to the Old English word that became shape. That older relative originally meant “to create.”

Etymology

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schope ('a bailing vessel, scoop'), of Proto-Germanic origin, related to shape and shave.

schope Middle Dutch

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Topics

Materials & Substances

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# scoop

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /skup/
**IPA (UK):** /skuːp/

## Meanings
1. a utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story

## Examples
- The reporter landed a major scoop on the scandal.

## Synonyms
- ladle
- spoon
- dipper
- exclusive
- story
- gouge
- dig

## Derived Forms
- scooper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: schope

## Etymology
From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schope ('a bailing vessel, scoop'), of Proto-Germanic origin, related to shape and shave.

## AI Etymology
Scoop comes from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schope ('a bailing vessel, scoop'), of Proto-Germanic origin, related to shape and shave. The form preserves a compact historical development in which the older wording and the present sense remain closely connected. As a noun and verb, it denotes "a utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Middle Dutch schope. Derivative forms include scooper.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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