Definition of hoop

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Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..

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Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Baby Jumper :: Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
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..
Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..
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..
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..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
Hooping :: Hooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoo.
Garth :: Garth (n.) A hoop or band.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout..
Farthingale :: Farthingale (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) The 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 clasp; to encircle; to surround.
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