the scoop

noun

US, informal

: information about something that is currently important or happening or that is interesting to many people

Did you talk to him? What's the scoop?

She always knows the scoop on fashions.

Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.

I was with them when it happened, so I've got the inside scoop.

Examples of the scoop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s crafted from the same Peruvian Pima cotton, which makes the scoop neck style equally soft and durable. —Maggie Horton, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025

And then word began to spread that the Corps was about to release a bunch of water (credit to Bakersfield’s Lois Henry with the scoop). —Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025

Deadline had the scoop on the film going into production at last year’s Filmart. —Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025

Here’s the scoop on the tastiest kid-friendly crackers that all but guarantee happy snackers, and the crackers that aren’t worth the bother. —Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for the scoop

• newsgroup
• recoup
• regroup
• subgroup
• workgroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group