A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
The raised end of a surfboard.
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
The peak of a cap.
A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
To pick (someone) up
To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
To make hollow; to dig out.
To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.