noun / verb

scoop

SKOOP/skuːp/

A deep spoonlike implement that lifts material.

A metal scoop holds vanilla ice cream above an open tub.

A rounded metal ice-cream scoop holds one rounded portion of vanilla ice cream above an open tub with a matching curved hollow, showing both the utensil and the amount it lifts.

Etymology

scoopMiddle Dutchbucket for bailing water

A schope was a bucket for bailing water: a vessel that lifted material out. The name broadened to hollow, shovel-like utensils and then to the amount one such utensil holds.

In context

Jenn Clayton10:19

we're gonna do eight ounces one scoop of our vanilla Cola protein

8 HIGH PROTEIN (& delicious) NINJA CEAMI RECIPES! - OVER 30G OF PROTEIN & LOW POINT -WEIGHT WATCHERS

More examples

She uses a scoop to fill the bird feeder.
He scoops water out of the boat with a bucket.
Each cone comes with two scoops of ice cream.

Forms

scoop · scoops · scooped · scooping

scoopful noun — The amount held by a single scoop.

Similar words

ladle: Usually has a long handle and serves liquids.
shovel: Usually has a broader blade for digging or moving material.
spoon: Usually has a shallower bowl for eating or stirring.