scoop out

/skup aʊt/
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Other forms: scooped out; scooping out; scoops out

Definitions of scoop out
  1. verb
    take out or up with or as if with a scoop
    synonyms: lift out, scoop, scoop up, take up
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    types:
    dip
    scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
    type of:
    remove, take, take away, withdraw
    remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  2. verb
    hollow out with a scoop
    “scoop out a melon”
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    type of:
    core out, hollow, hollow out
    remove the interior of
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