hoop

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. n. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. Source: opted

6. v. t. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. Source: opted

7. v. t. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Source: opted

8. v. i. To word/utter">utter a word/loud">loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. Source: opted

9. v. i. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. Source: opted

10. v. t. To drive or follow with a shout. Source: opted

11. v. t. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. Source: opted

12. n. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. Source: opted

13. n. The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. Source: opted

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