'Hoop' definitions:
Definition of 'hoop'
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noun
A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
noun
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: hoop, ring]
noun
A small arch used as croquet equipment [syn: wicket, hoop]
noun
Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball [syn: basket, basketball hoop, hoop]
verb
Bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"
Definition of 'Hoop'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Hoop'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. [1913 Webster]
- Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoop'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Hoop'
From: GCIDE
- Hoop \Hoop\, n.
- 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoop'
From: 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. [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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Definition of 'hoop'
From: 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.
Synonyms of 'hoop'
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