Definition of hoop

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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..

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Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
Redhoop :: Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
Inhoop :: Inhoop (v. t.) To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Garth :: Garth (n.) A hoop or band.
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..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Rover :: Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball..
Hoop :: Hoop (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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout..
Houp :: Houp (n.) See Hoopoe.
Tonnihood :: Tonnihood (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Tun :: Tun (n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese..
Shoop :: Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
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