Collocations for "scoop"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scoop" in context.
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scoop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a scoop of [ice cream, sherbet, pudding]
- [three] scoops please
- use an ice cream scoop
- use a scoop to measure the [flour, sugar]
- a scoop for measuring [flour]
- hollow out the [melon, eggplant] with a scoop
- a [media, press, journalistic, news] scoop
- the reporter's scoop
- a scoop by the [newspaper, tabloid, network]
- give me the scoop on
- what's the scoop?
- what's the scoop on the new [workers, boss, chairman]?
- have a new scoop on
- the reporter [got, picked up] a real scoop
- got a scoop when she [found out, came across, discovered]
- scoop up the [mess, books, remains]
- scooped her up (in his arms)
- scoop up after the [baby, children, dog, cat]
- scoop out (some) [ice cream, yogurt, sorbet]
- scoop (some) [ice cream] out
- scoop (it) out of the [tub, tray, pot, jar]
- scoop it with [a shovel, her spoon, his hands]
- scooped the [money, bills, coins] into his pocket
- scooped it up off the floor
- scooped it into the [trash, jar]
- scoop [an exclusive, a big story]
'scoop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):