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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hoop

Hōōp, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. hōp, D. hoop, hoepel].

  1. A pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, &c., or for other similar purposes.
  2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular. Addison.
  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. “Though stiff with hoops and armed with ribs of steel.” Pope.
  4. A quart pot;—so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. There were generally three hoops on the quart pot, and if three men were drinking, each would take his hoop, or third portion.
  5. A measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. Halliwell.

Hōōp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HOOPED (hōōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. HOOPING.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.

Hōōp, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Written also whoop, q. v.; Fr. houper, to hoop, to shout;—a hunting term.]

Sense 1. To utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]

Sense 2. To cough, as in the hooping-cough; to whoop. See WHOOP.

Hōōp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To drive or follow with a shout or outcry. Shak. 2. To call by a shout or hoop.

Hōōp, n.

noun

n. 1. A shout; also a shrill, gasping cough. 2. The hoopoe. See HOOPOE.