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scooping up

scooping up is the present participle and gerund 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 scooping up

What is scooping up the present participle and gerund of?
Scooping up is the present participle and gerund of scoop up.

Words near scooping up in the dictionary

  1. scoopfuls
  2. scoophead
  3. scoopheads
  4. scooping
  5. scooping in
  6. scooping up
  7. scoopingly
  8. scoopings
  9. scoopless
  10. scooplet
  11. scooplets

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