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   Beat, n.
   1. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, “the beat of him”. [Colloq.]
   
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   2.  The act of one that beats a person or thing; as: (a) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or exclusive.
   
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   It's a beat on the whole country.  Scribner's Mag.
   
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   (b) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. “Driven out in the course of a beat.”  Encyc. of Sport.
   
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   Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them.  Encyc. of Sport.
   
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   (c) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
   
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   Scoop (?), n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schüppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel.]
   1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
   
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   2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, “a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine”.
   
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   3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
   
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   4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
   
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   Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake.
   
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   5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
   
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   6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
   
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   7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, “an ice cream cone with two scoops”.
   
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   8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory cant]
   
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   9. news or information; as, “what's the scoop on John's divorce?”. [informal]
   
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   Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. -- Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
   
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   Scoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
   1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
   
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   He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
   
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   2. To empty by lading; as, “to scoop a well dry”.
   
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   3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
   
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   Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
   
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   Scoop, v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, “we were scooped”.  Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem.
   
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