A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping
liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and
dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a
dredging machine.

A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.

To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.

To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.

To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out;
to form by digging or excavation.