Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1. 
 hollow out with a scoop; 
- Example: "scoop out a melon"2. 
 take out or up with or as if with a scoop; 
- Example: "scoop the sugar out of the container"[syn: scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scoop out
    v 1: hollow out with a scoop; "scoop out a melon"
    2: 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]