Definition of hoop

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Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon..

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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..
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 (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..
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..
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..
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..
Shoop :: Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. t.) To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or 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..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
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..
Hooping :: Hooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoo.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon..
Cock-a-hoop :: Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Upupa :: Upupa (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
Redhoop :: Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
Whooping :: Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t..
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