scoop

boule, cuillerée

Quantité de nourriture prise en une fois avec une cuillère profonde et ronde.

En anglais simple : An amount of food taken up with a deep, round spoon.

• I had one scoop of ice cream.
• She served two scoops of mashed potatoes.
• Would you like another scoop?

Comment l'utiliser : a scoop of something (I would like a scoop of vanilla ice cream.)

Synonymes : spoonful, helping

Expressions courantes : a scoop of something, one scoop each, another scoop please

scoop, exclusivité

Information qu’un journaliste ou un média découvre et publie avant tous les autres.

En anglais simple : A news story that one reporter or news organization discovers and reports before anyone else.

• The reporter got a major scoop.
• Her scoop appeared on the front page.
• The editor hoped for another scoop about the scandal.

Comment l'utiliser : a scoop on/about something (The paper got a scoop on the mayor's resignation.)

Synonymes : exclusive

Expressions courantes : get a scoop, a major scoop, scoop on something, an exclusive scoop

cuillère à glace, cuillère de service

Cuillère profonde et ronde servant à prendre et servir des aliments, surtout de la glace.

En anglais simple : A deep, round spoon used to serve food, especially ice cream.

• Use a scoop for the ice cream.
• She washed the serving scoop after dinner.
• This scoop has a comfortable wooden handle.

Synonymes : serving spoon

Expressions courantes : ice cream scoop, serving scoop, use a scoop, a metal scoop

pelle, écope

Outil en forme de petit bol, généralement muni d’un manche, servant à prendre des matières meubles ou molles.

En anglais simple : A tool shaped like a small bowl, usually with a handle, for lifting loose or soft material.

• A scoop sits in the flour bin.
• He filled the bucket with a plastic scoop.
• These scoops are used for measuring animal feed.

Synonymes : scooper

Expressions courantes : feed scoop, plastic scoop, a scoop for something, use a scoop

godet

Grande pièce courbe à l’avant d’une machine de chargement, qui creuse et soulève des matériaux.

En anglais simple : The large, curved part at the front of a loading machine that digs up and lifts material.

• The loader's scoop was full of gravel.
• He lowered the scoop into the pile of earth.
• The machine lifted its scoop above the truck.

Synonymes : bucket, loader bucket

Expressions courantes : loader scoop, lower the scoop, a hydraulic scoop, fill the scoop

ramasser, prélever, prendre à la cuillère

Soulever ou rassembler quelque chose avec un outil courbe, les mains ou un mouvement semblable.

En anglais simple : To lift or gather something with a curved tool, your hands, or a similar movement.

• Scoop the ice cream into bowls.
• He scooped water with his hands.
• She scooped up the kitten and carried it inside.

Comment l'utiliser : scoop something into something (She scooped the rice into a bowl.); scoop something out of something (He scooped the seeds out of the melon.); scoop someone/something up (She scooped the baby up in her arms.)

Synonymes : ladle, gather, lift

Expressions courantes : scoop something up, scoop out something, scoop into something, scoop ice cream

creuser, évider

Former un trou ou un creux en creusant ou en retirant de la matière.

En anglais simple : To make a hole or hollow space by digging or removing material.

• He scooped a hole in the sand.
• We scooped out the pumpkin with a spoon.
• She scooped a small hollow in the soft earth.

Comment l'utiliser : scoop a hole in something (The children scooped a hole in the sand.); scoop something out (She scooped the pumpkin out before carving it.)

Synonymes : hollow out, dig out, excavate

Contraires : fill

Expressions courantes : scoop a hole, scoop out something, scoop out a hollow

devancer

Publier une information avant un autre journal ou journaliste.

En anglais simple : To publish a news story before another newspaper or reporter does.

• The local paper scooped its rivals.
• She scooped every other reporter with her interview.
• Who scooped us on the hospital closure?

Comment l'utiliser : scoop someone on something (Our reporter scooped the national papers on the election story.)

Synonymes : beat

Expressions courantes : scoop a rival, scoop someone on something