Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inside scoop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: in-sid-e s-coop
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The newest, exclusive, or even confidential information on someone or something, especially when it is not typically well-known or accessible to the general public.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I welcome the opportunity to give you the inside scoop on the raunchiest crew of lungers who ever rode a mattress."
"Whether you have heard of the center or not, or taken some of its courses, you may be interested in getting some of the inside scoop."
"Having spent weeks talking to middle-class pot-smokers (over 30) all around the city, I traveled to the tip of Manhattan for the inside scoop from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs."
"A lot of young men are getting the inside scoop about the Air Force Academy from the outside."

Usage

Inflected Forms

inside scoops (plural)

Questions

What does inside scoop mean?: The newest, exclusive, or even confidential information on someone or something, especially when it is not typically well-known or accessible to the general public.

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