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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoop \Hoop\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, noun [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} ({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.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoop \Hoop\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoop \Hoop\, verb (used without an object) [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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoop \Hoop\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoop \Hoop\, noun
1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The hoopoe. See {Hoopoe}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hoop
noun
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}]
verb: 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
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