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scoop out
  1. v. hollow out with a scoop; "scoop out a melon"

  2. take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" [syn: scoop, lift out, scoop up, take up]

Usage examples of "scoop out".

Mundy ran his finger up into his helmet's earcups to scoop out sticky blobs of blood, but it didn't help much.

Kwame observed intently while his teacher Giovanni, handling both levers with conSUnimate ease, lifted the full scoop out of the trench without dropping any of the ice, and deposited the contents in the open bed at the rear of the machine.

First, someone would from time to time dip a ladle into the top of the bubbler and scoop out portions of the water, and along with it, flecks and flakes of cold fire that swirled through it like sparks above a campfire.

The big scoop out there had swung across the line of traffic and lost half a ton of snow in the process.

Baudin went down to its edge, but made no move to scoop out a hole and drink the water that would seep into it.

Cut away the central leaves of the maguey, scoop out its heart, and in the hollow will collect the plant's clear sap.

The midwife had to use a pair of blunt iron tongs to scoop out the reluctant wee thing.

I don't mean the experiments where they scoop out the brains of a sentient, intelligent creature.