Definition of "scroop" [scroop]

• To create a rustling sound from friction between silk fibers. (verb)

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• "He came hurrying aft, nearly tumbling once; while, left to his own power alone, the coxswain redoubled his efforts to keep down the water, and the tin baler went _scoop scroop, scoop scroop_, and _splash splash_, as he sent the water flying."
• "Only the "scroop" of the runners and jingle of the sleigh-bells seemed to be hammered into the brain, for all eternity."
• "I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book."