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scooped up

scooped up is the simple past and past participle of scoop up.

Meaning of scoop up

Verb

scoop up (third-person singular simple present scoops up, present participle scooping up, simple past and past participle scooped up)

  1. to pick up or clear up by scooping
    • Use this to scoop up the ice cream.
  2. To take enthusiastically.
    • We scooped up every one of their albums as soon as they were released.
  3. (transitive) To grab or pick up something by accident.
    • We must've scooped up a cold virus along with those kids.

Questions about scooped up

What is scooped up the simple past and past participle of?
Scooped up is the simple past and past participle of scoop up.

Words near scooped up in the dictionary

  1. scoop-nets
  2. scoopability
  3. scoopable
  4. scooped
  5. scooped in
  6. scooped up
  7. scooper
  8. scoopers
  9. scoopeth
  10. scoopful
  11. scoopfuls

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