SCOOPS

noun

1. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
2. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

verb

1. To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
2. To make hollow; to dig out.
3. To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).