the scoop

noun

US, informal

: information about something that is currently important or happening or that is interesting to many people

Did you talk to him? What's the scoop?

She always knows the scoop on fashions.

Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.

I was with them when it happened, so I've got the inside scoop.

Examples of the scoop in a Sentence

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Here’s the scoop on the tastiest kid-friendly crackers that all but guarantee happy snackers, and the crackers that aren’t worth the bother. —

Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025 Where to buy Skyline Spice ice cream What's next: On Monday, the ice cream will be available in 5-ounce scoops in all Skyline restaurants, in a pint and by the scoop at all Graeter's scoop shops. —

Kelly Tyko, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 On the entertainment beat, these are the people who get the scoop on the big movie coming together before the studio is ready to announce it. —

Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024 Minutes before the decision was made official, Dodgers brass got the scoop from another source. —

Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the scoop