HOOP
\hˈuːp], \hˈuːp], \h_ˈuː_p]\
Definitions of HOOP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
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a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
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a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
By Princeton University
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horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
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a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
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a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
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To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
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To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
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To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
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To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
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To drive or follow with a shout.
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To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
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A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
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The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
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To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
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To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
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To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
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To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
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To drive or follow with a shout.
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To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
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A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
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The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A circular metal or wooden band to hold together the staves of a cask, etc.; the band of a finger ring; stiff cloth used to expand a woman's dress; anything curved like such a ring.
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To bind or secure with a curved band; encircle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring or band, for holding together the staves of casks, etc.: something resembling a hoop: a ring:-pl. elastic materials used to expand the skirt of a lady's dress.
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To call out. Same as WHOOP.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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See Whoop.
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A band of wood or metal formed into a ring to fasten the staves of casks, tubs, &c., together; a piece of whaleboue or cane used to extend petticoats; anything like a hoop; a measure.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To whoop.
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To surround with hoops, as a cask.
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A circular band, as one used to confine the staves of barrels.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A band of wood or metal used to bind together the staves of casks, &c.; anything circular.
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To bind or fasten with hoops; to encircle or surround.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
