The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa,
   akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch["u]ppe, and also to E.
   shove. See Shovel.]
   1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for
      dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. 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.
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   3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting
      certain substances or foreign bodies.
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   4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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            Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R.
                                                  Drake.
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   5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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   6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
      motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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   7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially
      for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an
      ice cream cone with two scoops.
      [PJC]

   8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a
      rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory
      cant]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

   9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's
      divorce?. [informal]
      [PJC]

   Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net
      for sweeping the bottom of a river.

   Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or
      buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
   1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
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            He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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   3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig
      out; to form by digging or excavation.
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            Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to
            hold above a pint.                    --Arbuthnot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoop \Scoop\, v. t.
   to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or
   a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we
   were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific
   research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports
   their results before another who is working on the same
   problem.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beat \Beat\, n.
   1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the
      beat of him. [Colloq.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
      (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a
          piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors;
          also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or
          exclusive.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

                It's a beat on the whole country. --Scribner's
                                                  Mag.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
      (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a
          tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those
          so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of
          a beat." --Encyc. of Sport.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

                Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the
                last moment, when the beat is close to them.
                                                  --Encyc. of
                                                  Sport.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
      (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scoop
    n 1: the quantity a scoop will hold [syn: scoop, scoopful]
    2: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn:
       scoop, pocket]
    3: a news report that is reported first by one news
       organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city
       officials" [syn: exclusive, scoop]
    4: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: soap, scoop,
       max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop,
       Georgia home boy, easy lay]
    5: the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe [syn: scoop,
       scoop shovel]
    6: a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"
    v 1: take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar
         out of the container" [syn: scoop, scoop out, lift
         out, scoop up, take up]
    2: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
       [syn: outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

SCOOP

   Structured Concurrent Object-Oriented Prolog.

   ["SCOOP, Structured Concurrent Object-Oriented Prolog",
   J. Vaucher et al, in ECOOP '88, S. Gjessing et al eds, LNCS
   322, Springer 1988, pp.191-211].