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scooping
noun as in excavation
noun as in mining
Strongest match
Strong matches
- boring
- burrowing
- digging
- hollowing
- pitting
- prospecting
- quarrying
- tapping
- tunneling
- unearthing
Example Sentences
But recently city workers have been scooping them up to move them further away from the parade route.
The Atlanta Falcons were the first to detect that hunch, scooping Landman out of Colorado as an undrafted rookie.
Videos and photos posted by people who attended showed servers on roller skates and the humanoid robot dubbed Optimus scooping popcorn.
A construction loader drove back and forth on the sidewalk, scooping up tents and depositing them in a trash truck.
But honestly, the joy is in the scooping — a snack that feels halfway between lunch and a dare.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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