The difference between Scoop and Scoopful
When used as nouns, scoop means any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material, whereas scoopful means the quantity in a scoop.
Scoop is also verb with the meaning: to lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
check bellow for the other definitions of Scoop and Scoopful
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Scoop as a noun:
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
Examples:
"She kept a scoop in the dog food."
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Scoop as a noun:
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
Examples:
"Use one scoop of coffee for each pot."
"I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream."
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Scoop as a noun:
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
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Scoop as a noun:
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
Examples:
"He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the [[scoop]] on the debate."
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Scoop as a noun (automotive):
An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
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Scoop as a noun:
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
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Scoop as a noun:
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Scoop as a noun:
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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Scoop as a noun:
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
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Scoop as a noun:
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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Scoop as a verb (transitive):
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
Examples:
"He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."
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Scoop as a verb (transitive):
To make hollow; to dig out.
Examples:
"I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers."
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Scoop as a verb (transitive):
To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
Examples:
"The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."
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Scoop as a verb (music, often with "up"):
To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
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Scoop as a verb (slang):
To pick (someone) up
Examples:
"You have a car. Can you come and scoop me? "
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Scoopful as a noun:
The quantity in a scoop.