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   Beat, n.
   One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   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.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   It's a beat on the whole country.
   Scribner's Mag.
   
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   (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.
   
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them.
   Encyc. of Sport.
   
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   (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.]
   A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
   1913 Webster
   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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   (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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   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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   A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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   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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   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.
   PJC
   an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory cant]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   +PJC
   news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [informal]
   PJC
   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.]
   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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   To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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   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.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   +PJC