Definition of hoop

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Hoop (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..

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Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Grace :: Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops..
Unhoop :: Unhoop (v. t.) To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.
Garth :: Garth (n.) A hoop or band.
Hoopoe :: Hoopoe (n.) Alt. of Hoopo.
Redhoop :: Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped..
Whooping :: Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t..
Hoop :: Hoop (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..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
Tire :: Tire (n.) A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.
Howp :: Howp (v. i.) To cry out; to whoop.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon..
Tub :: Tub (n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl..
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