Scoop vs False - What's the difference?
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Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
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 digging attachment on a front-end loader.
A covered opening in an automobile's hood which allows cold air to enter the area beneath the hood.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
A special spinal board used by EMS staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
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To learn something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
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.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun scoop
is any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.As a verb scoop
is to lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.scoop
English
Noun
(wikipedia scoop) (en noun)- She kept a scoop in the dog food.
- Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
- I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
- He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
- Some had lain in the scoop of the rock.
Synonyms
* (tool) scooper * (amount held by a scoop) scoopfulDerived terms
* apple-scoop * butter scoop * cheese-scoop * ice-cream scoop * poop scoop * scoop bonnet * scoop driver * scoopful * scoop neck * scoop neckline * scoop-net * scoop wheel * scoopyVerb
(en verb)- He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
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- The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
- He was caught scooping in the local park.
Derived terms
* scooped * scooper * scoop in * scooping * scoop out * scoop the kitty * scoop the pool * scoop upAnagrams
* ----false
English
Adjective
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