Hoop

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. 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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     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.
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              Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of
              whale.                                --Pope.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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     {Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [Written also whoop.]
     1. To drive or follow with a shout. "To be hooped out of
        Rome." --Shak.
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     2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoop \Hoop\, n.
     1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
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     2. (Zool.) The hoopoe. See {Hoopoe}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoop
       n 1: a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
       2: 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"
          [syn: {ring}]
       3: a small arch used as croquet equipment [syn: {wicket}]
       4: horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to
          throw the basketball [syn: {basket}, {basketball hoop}]
       v : bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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