scoop
scoop is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 31 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
- 2.(Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
- 3.A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake.
- 4.A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
- 5.The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. -- Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
- 6.To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
- 7.To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
- 8.To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- auger
- awl
- bodkin
- borer
- chisel
- corkscrew
- dibble
- drill
- gimlet
- gouge
- lancet
- machine
- needle
- perforator
- piercer
- pliers
- press
- probe
- punch
- puncheon
- puncher
- rimer
- spear
- stiletto
- stylet
- terrier
- trepan
- trocar
- warder
- weapon
- wimble
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is scoop.
- What is a deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine called?
- What is a spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies called?
- What is a place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake called?
- What is to take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden called?
- What is to empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry called?
- What is to make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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