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as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
an ice cream scoop
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as in tip
information not generally available to the public
come on, I know you've got the scoop on their breakup
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Recent Examples of scoop
Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Use a ½ cup measure or a 4-ounce ice cream scoop to ensure each cookie is the same size; this will promote even baking.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The starter set comes with a walnut spoon to scoop your wood chips and a stainless steel wire brush to clean the mesh basket.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Tips from the Southern Living Test Kitchen Use a small cookie scoop to easily portion the chocolate mixture.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Use a ½ cup measure or a 4-ounce ice cream scoop to ensure each cookie is the same size; this will promote even baking.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
In the image below, a helicopter scoops water from a pond at Pepperdine University’s Alumni Park.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The starter set comes with a walnut spoon to scoop your wood chips and a stainless steel wire brush to clean the mesh basket.
—Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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Fold in oats and chocolate chips using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon.Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
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This set includes a thermal bag for keeping your caviar cool, a keepsake caviar tin key, pearl spoon, creme fraiche and a 125g tin of Estate Caviar along with four bags of Tantos in each flavor including marinara, cacio e pepe, pesto and classic.Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Part your hair with the bottle tip and apply the product directly to your scalp.Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Personal trainers have shared their top tips to help maintain movement during the busiest time of the year.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Samsung has a sizing guide consistent with other fitness tracker rings as I was bucketed into my usual size 8.Adrienne So, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
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When her roommate Elizabeth disappears on Sade’s first night, rumors begin to fester—until the popular girls, known as the Unholy Trinity, take Sade under their wing.Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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The rumors began swirling on TikTok when Baldoni was noticeably absent from joint press event; there are no group photos of the co-stars at the New York premiere of the film; and Lively, author Colleen Hoover and co-star Jenny Slate follow the director on Instagram, despite him following them.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Scoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoop. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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