n. A utensil like a shovel, but having a short handle and a deep hollow receptacle capable of holding various small articles.n. Hence A coal-scuttle.n. A basin-like cavity, natural or artificial; a hollow.n. An instrument used in hollowing out anything, or in removing something out of a hollow or so as to leave a hollow: as, a cheese-scoop.n. The vizor or peak of a cap.n. A big haul, as if in a scoop-net; in particular, a big haul of money made in speculation or in some similar way.n. The act of scooping; a movement analogous to the act of scooping.n. The securing and publishing by a newspaper of a piece of news in advance of its rivals; a “beat,” especially a “beat” of unusual success or importance.To take with or as with a scoop or a scoop-net: generally with out, up, or in: as, to scoop up water.Figuratively, to gather up as if with a scoop; hence, to gain by force or fraud.To empty as with a scoop or by lading; hence, to hollow out; excavate: commonly with out.To form by hollowing out as with a scoop.To take with a dredge, as oysters; dredge.In newspaper slang, to get the better of (a rival or rivals) by securing and publishing a piece of news in advance of it or them; get a “beat” on. See scoop, n., 8.To use a scoop; dredge, as for oysters.To feed; take food, as the right or whalebone whale. See scooping, n.