Yeah, as in the physical act of scooping something up. Just thought of another use of "scoop." If a journalist is the first to discover an important news story and they publish it before anyone else, you would say they "got the scoop".

I'm English and those sentences sound good to me. All your examples imply a winning of something, which is a correct way to use it, but you can also use it just fine in a more literal sense:

"I scooped her up in my arms."

"He scooped up the mess on the floor."

etc.

But I wouldn't over-use it, maybe one "scoop" a day is sufficient haha. Good work, though!

You are so well disciplined! Hats off!　1800....

Let me scoop up some of your discipline!　(hope this is correct (^_^))

Thank you for your tips and keep up your great work!

I personally don't use it too much but it sounds very cute :) I like it

Thank you very much for that georgeb.

So you're saying about second ( physical ) meaning of the phrase?

> Good work, though!

Thank you!