scooper

1. A person who scoops.
2. Something that scoops.
3. An engraver's tool.
4. The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
5. A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
6. (informal) A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskuːpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From scoop + -er.

Synonyms

bucket elevator

dipper

Translations

escoba

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الغارف بالمغرفة

louche

schepper