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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
  • Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually including a handle used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
  • A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
  • automotive An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
  • The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
  • The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

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Verb:

  • often with "up" To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
  • To consume an alcoholic beverage.
  • transitive To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
  • transitive To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.

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