Definitions for the word "hoop" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To drive or follow with a shout.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
1 circular band of metal, wood, etc., esp. As part of a framework. 2 ring bowled along by a child, or for circus performers to jump through. 3 arch through which balls are hit in croquet. v. Bind or encircle with hoop(s). be put (or go) through the hoop (or hoops) undergo rigorous testing. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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