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

The retailer has brought back Trader Joe’s Wine Club back to the official Trader Joe's podcast just in time for Thanksgiving, giving customers the scoop (or the pour) on the best holiday wine pairings, how to properly serve wine at Thanksgiving, and how to gift wine to another holiday host. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2025

Unusually, two papers had the scoop the same day. —Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025

But while a sophomore physics major might have the scoop on what his or her former pal who graduated last year is doing in the lab, no one is terribly interested in shaking them down for that information. —Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

Her daughter, Taylor, gave him the scoop on how to best catch her off guard. —Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 15 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for the scoop

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