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hoop - What does it mean?

Definition of 'hoop'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hoop, hoope, from (etyl) ). More at (l).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  • A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
  • the cheese hoop , or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
  • (mostly|in plural) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • stiff with hoops , and armed with ribs of whale
  • 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.
  • (UK|obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (plural) The game of basketball.
  • A hoop earring.
  • (Australia|metonym|informal|dated) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse''.hoop”, entry in 1989 , Joan Hughes, ''Australian Words and Their Origins , page 261.
  • Derived terms
    * hula hoop * jump through hoops

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To bind or fasten using a hoop.
  • to hoop a barrel or puncheon
  • To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  • The hoopoe.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  • (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.
  • Derived terms
    * hooping cough (Webster 1913)

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    Similar to 'hoop'

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