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scooper

noun
/ˈskuːpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From scoop + -er.

  1. derived from *(s)kep-✻ — “to cut, to scrape, to hack”
  2. derived from *skuppǭ✻
  3. derived from schoppe
  4. derived from scoep
  5. inherited from scope
  6. suffixed as scooper — “scoop + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who scoops.

  2. Something that scoops.

  3. An engraver's tool.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.

    2. A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.

    3. A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and…

      A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.

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