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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..

Unhoop :: Unhoop (v. t.) To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

Racket :: Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games..

Upupa :: Upupa (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

Whooping :: Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t..

Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.

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..

Croquet :: Croquet (n.) An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern..

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..

Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.

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..

Whooper :: Whooper (n.) One who, or that which, whooops..

Hoop :: 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..

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..

Inhoop :: Inhoop (v. t.) To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop..

Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..

Hoopoo :: Hoopoo (n.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..

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