scoop
noun
°Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually including a handle used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
"She kept a scoop in the dog food."
°The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
"Use one scoop of coffee for each pot."
verb
°To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
"He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face."
°To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
"The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal."
synonyms: scooper, scoopful