Scoop meaning in English

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Definition

a scoop: an exciting or exclusive news story noun

Examples

  • "The Serious Fraud office has been called in, and, although they haven't officially announced their findings yet, the Sunday Roast has THE scoop: it appears that Leeson had been netting huge losses on unauthorised deals, and falsifying information to cover up his failures."
Exercise 1
Find the term used in the article which refers to an exclusive news story:
I'm writing a for The Sunday Roast revealing that the Queen of England is in fact a man.
Find the term used in the article which refers to an exclusive news story:
I'm writing a scoop for The Sunday Roast revealing that the Queen of England is in fact a man.
scoop: "Scoop" is the term we were looking for here. A "scoop" is an exclusive news story, which usually involves a shocking revelation or a scandal! Here's another example: "The journalist thought he had a scoop, but in fact it was old news".

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