Definition of hoop

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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..

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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..
Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk..
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..
Shoop :: Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Inhoop :: Inhoop (v. t.) To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop..
Redhoop :: Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
Whooped :: Whooped (imp. & p. p.) of Whoo.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
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..
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
Rover :: Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball..
Whooping :: Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t..
Whooping :: Whooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whoo.
Upupa :: Upupa (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
Hoopoe :: Hoopoe (n.) Alt. of Hoopo.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games..
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