Scoop — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quantity a scoop will hold

a hollow concave shape made by removing something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈuːp/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈuːp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈuːp/

1 syllable Say it as /skˈuːp/.

Examples

he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
he used a scoop to serve the ice cream
scoop the sugar out of the container

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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Parts of Speech

noun	the quantity a scoop will hold
noun	a hollow concave shape made by removing something
noun	a news report that is reported first by one news organization “he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials”
noun	street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
noun	the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
noun	a large ladle “he used a scoop to serve the ice cream”
verb	take out or up with or as if with a scoop “scoop the sugar out of the container”
verb	get the better of “the goal was to best the competition”

Word Forms

scoop	verb	take out or up with or as if with a scoop
scoop	noun	a hollow concave shape made by removing something

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

cuchara

la cantidad que cabe en una cucharada

🇳🇱Dutch

lepel

de hoeveelheid die een schepje kan bevatten

🇵🇹Portuguese

colher

a quantidade que uma colher pode conter

🇷🇺Russian

совок

количество, которое поместится в мерной ложке

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्कूप

एक स्कूप में कितनी मात्रा होगी

🇧🇩Bengali

স্কুপ

পরিমাণ একটি স্কুপ রাখা হবে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஸ்கூப்

ஒரு ஸ்கூப் வைத்திருக்கும் அளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

స్కూప్

ఒక స్కూప్ కలిగి ఉండే పరిమాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

स्कूप

स्कूपचे प्रमाण

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્કૂપ

જથ્થો એક સ્કૂપ ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಕೂಪ್

ಒಂದು ಸ್ಕೂಪ್ ಹಿಡಿದಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്കൂപ്പ്

ഒരു സ്കൂപ്പ് കൈവശം വയ്ക്കുന്ന അളവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਕੂਪ

ਮਾਤਰਾ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਸਕੂਪ ਰੱਖੇਗੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سکوپ

مقدار جو ایک سکوپ رکھے گی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

舀

一勺可容纳的数量

🇯🇵Japanese

スクープ

スコップに入る量

🇰🇷Korean

국자

한 스쿱에 담을 수 있는 양

🇻🇳Vietnamese

muỗng

số lượng một muỗng sẽ giữ

🇹🇭Thai

ตัก

ปริมาณที่ตักจะถือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sendok

jumlah yang dapat ditampung satu sendok

🇲🇾Malay

senduk

kuantiti yang akan dipegang oleh satu sudu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مغرفة

الكمية التي ستحملها المغرفة

🇮🇷Persian

اسکوپ

مقداری که یک اسکوپ نگه می دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

kepçe

bir kepçenin tutacağı miktar

🇮🇱Hebrew

סְקוּפּ

הכמות שיכיל סקופ

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