Karen scooped the nuts up and put them in a bag.
•Jill scooped up all the money she had won and left the poker table.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
scoop up — verb take out or up with or as if with a scoop (Freq. 3) scoop the sugar out of the container • Syn: ↑scoop, ↑scoop out, ↑lift out, ↑take up • Derivationally related forms: ↑scoop … Useful english dictionary
scoop — [[t]sku͟ːp[/t]] scoops, scooping, scooped 1) VERB If you scoop a person or thing somewhere, you put your hands or arms under or round them and quickly move them there. [V n prep/adv] Michael knelt next to her and scooped her into his arms. [Also… … English dictionary
scoop — scoop1 [sku:p] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: schope] 1.) an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it ▪ a journalist looking for a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scoop net — noun : a shallow dip net on a handle used in fishing; also : a net for sweeping the bottom of a river * * * scoop net noun 1. A long handled dipping net 2. A net for scooping along the bottom • • • Main Entry: ↑scoop * * * scoop net … Useful english dictionary
scoop up — PHRASAL VERB If you scoop something up, you put your hands or arms under it and lift it in a quick movement. [V P n (not pron)] Use both hands to scoop up the leaves... [V n P] He began to scoop his things up frantically … English dictionary
Scoop and Doozie — is a late 1990s television show about the everyday lives of Doozie, an orange toy bulldozer, Scoop, a yellow toy excavator, and Axel, a blue and red dumptruck, aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners. It uses skillful puppetry and live videos… … Wikipedia
Scoop (novel) — Scoop is a 1938 novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, a satire of sensational journalism and foreign correspondence.PlotWilliam Boot, a young man who lives in genteel poverty far from the iniquities of London, writes a nature column for a… … Wikipedia
Scoop (Pete Townshend) — Scoop Kompilationsalbum von Pete Townshend Veröffentlichung 1983 Label ATCO Format … Deutsch Wikipedia
scoop — I UK [skuːp] / US [skup] verb [transitive] Word forms scoop : present tense I/you/we/they scoop he/she/it scoops present participle scooping past tense scooped past participle scooped 1) to dig something out or pick it up using something such as… … English dictionary
scoop — scoop1 [ skup ] verb transitive 1. ) to dig something out or pick it up using something such as a spoon or your curved hand: He scooped water from the stream and splashed it on his face. Carefully scoop out the pulp with a small spoon. 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scoop out — verb 1. hollow out with a scoop (Freq. 1) scoop out a melon • Hypernyms: ↑hollow, ↑hollow out, ↑core out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something S … Useful english dictionary
