scoop

A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle.

A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.

A ladle; a dipper.

An implement for bailing water from a boat.

A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.

A bucket or shovel of a dredge, backhoe, or other digging machine.

The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold.

A scooping movement or action.