Definition of Scrooping

1. Verb. (present participle of scroop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrooping

1. scroop [v] - See also: scroop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrooping

scrollwise
scrollwork
scrollworks
scrolly
scrooch
scrooched
scrooches
scrooching
scrooge-like
scrooged
scrooges
scrooging
scroop
scrooped
scrooping (current term)
scroops
scrootch
scrootched
scrootches
scrootching
scrophula
scrophulae
scrophularia
scrophulariaceous
scrophulas

Literary usage of Scrooping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students Young Engineers by Richard Sennett, Henry J. Oram (1904)
"If any ' scrooping' occurs, which can be made to disappear by lowering the jacket ... scrooping often occurs when the speed of the engines is reduced by ..."

2. The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young by Richard Sennett, Henry John Oram (1913)
"scrooping or grunting.—The cylinder jacket pressures should be regulated, ... If any 'scrooping'occurs, which can be made to disappear by lowering the ..."

3. The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for Engineering Students, Young by Richard Sennett (1902)
"scrooping or grunting.—The cylinder jacket pressures should be regulated, ... If any 'scrooping'occurs, which can be made to disappear by lowering the ..."

4. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"(a) scrooping.—This is for the purpose of giving the silk fiber a stiff or harsh ... For the scrooping of silk, the material is usually steeped in a bath of ..."

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