Definition of "scoop" []

• A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop. (noun)
• The amount that such a utensil can hold. (noun)
• A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents. (noun)
• A portion of food gathered with this utensil. (noun)
• A ladle; a dipper. (noun)

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• "*Scoops up teh splorted branes, scoop scoop scoop*"
• "*Scoopitee scoop scoop scoop* *pat pat pat* *streeeeeetch tug tug tug* just a liddle bit o’duktaype."
• "Some folks are responding with the term scoop, which is something very different, and I think more appropriate."