ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scooping

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Scooping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of scoop.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of scoop.

More Meanings

  1. The process or result of something being scooped.
  2. (music) A singing technique in which the singer begins by singing a note slightly below the desired pitch, and then slides up to it.

Example Sentences

I observed that a moulding descended obliquely from this entrance down to the bottom, while striae followed the same line, the whole sides indeed being marked by curious scoopings, and intermediate ridgings […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pocket, outflank, take up, outdo, best, exclusive.

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