ladling
verb (present participle)UK /ˈleɪdlɪŋ/
US /ˈleɪdlɪŋ/
Scooping up liquid or food with a big deep spoon and pouring it out.
She is ladling hot soup into the bowls.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Serving a liquid food in large portions, as at a soup kitchen.
Volunteers were ladling out stew to everyone in line.
3. Pouring or distributing something generously in large amounts.
He was ladling praise onto the new interns.
4. The act of using a ladle to move liquid from one container to another.
Ladling the syrup into jars took all afternoon.