Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SCOOP
I. noun see: shape
Date: 14th century
1. a large ladle, a deep shovel or similar implement for digging, dipping, or shoveling, a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food, a small spoon-shaped utensil or instrument for cutting or gouging,
2. the action of scooping, the amount contained by a scoop,
3. a hollow place ; cavity , a part forming or surrounding an opening for channeling a fluid (as air) into a desired path,
4. information especially of immediate interest, beat 5b, a rounded and usually low-cut neckline on a woman's garment, scoopful noun
II. transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1. to take out or up with or as if with a scoop ; dip , to pick up quickly or surreptitiously with or as if with a sweep of the hand, to empty by ladling out the contents, to make hollow ; dig out , beat 5a(2) , scoopable adjective scooper noun