Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]

1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster]

2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. [1913 Webster]

3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster]

Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]

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5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.]

--Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.

Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.

Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.

Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops.

Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.

Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat.

Hoop snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity.

Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.]

(Zool.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.]

1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [1913 Webster]

2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]

1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]

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2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. [1913 Webster]

Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough. [1913 Webster]

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Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [Written also whoop.]

1. To drive or follow with a shout. "To be hooped out of Rome." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hoop \Hoop\, n.

1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "hoop": anklet, armlet, band, belt, bracelet, cincture, cingulum, collar, collarband, earring, ecliptic, equator, fascia, fillet, finger ring, girdle, girt, girth, great circle, neckband, necklace, nose ring, quoit, ring, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

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hoop

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Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.]

(Zo["o]l.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]

1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. --Pope.

4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]

5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.]

--Halliwell.

Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.

Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.

Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.

Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops.

Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.

Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat.

Hoop snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity.

Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.]

1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]

1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]

2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [Written also whoop.]

1. To drive or follow with a shout. ``To be hooped out of Rome.'' --Shak.

2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoop \Hoop\, n.

1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)