scoop

1. n. a news story gathered by a reporter before any other reporter hears of it.

□ I got a great scoop! I was right there when it happened.

□ That was no scoop at all. It was on live television. Didn’t you see the cameras?

2. tv. to beat someone— such as another reporter—in the race to get a news story first.

□ They scooped the other paper on both stories.

□ Larry scooped me twice last month.

3. n. a general roundup and arrest of criminals; a bust. (Underworld.)

□ Bart got picked up in that big drug scoop last month.

□ There are some people who get dragged in every time there is a scoop. It cannot just be a coincidence.

4. n. liquor; a glass of beer.

□ I could use a good cold scoop about now.

□ A little scoop helps pass the time when you’re waiting.

5. n. a folded matchbook cover used to snort cocaine or heroin.

□ I need a scoop. It’s no good without one.

□ I burned up the scoop by accident. Sorry.

6. tv. & in. to snort cocaine or heroin, using a folded matchbook cover.

□ Max is scooping for the fourth time today.

□ He scooped two lines together.