Definition of hoop

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Hoop (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

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Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Shoop :: Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
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..
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.
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..
Whooped :: Whooped (imp. & p. p.) of Whoo.
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold..
Cock-a-hoop :: Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Whooping :: Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t..
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..
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Hoopoe :: Hoopoe (n.) Alt. of Hoopo.
Howp :: Howp (v. i.) To cry out; to whoop.
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..
Whooping :: Whooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whoo.
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