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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] {Bulge hoop}, {Chine hoop}, {Quarter hoop}, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively. {Flat hoop}, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides. {Half-round hoop}, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside. {Hoop iron}, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops. {Hoop lock}, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. {Hoop skirt}, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also {hoop petticoat}. {Hoop snake} (Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States ({Abaster erythrogrammus}); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. {Hoop tree} (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zool.) A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({Upupa epops}), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also {hoop}, {whoop}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooping}.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [1913 Webster] 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. {Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written {whoop}.] [1913 Webster] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See {Whoop}. [1913 Webster] {Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoop \Hoop\, v. t. [Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. "To be hooped out of Rome." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hoop \Hoop\, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The hoopoe. See {Hoopoe}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: hoop n 1: a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt 2: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" [syn: {hoop}, {ring}] 3: a small arch used as croquet equipment [syn: {wicket}, {hoop}] 4: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball [syn: {basket}, {basketball hoop}, {hoop}] v 1: bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats" From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: hoop /hop/ 1. accumulation; crowd; heap; mass; multitude; pile 2. bevy; collection; group; heap; herd; set 3. hope 4. heap; pile; stack