Definition of hoop

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Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..

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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..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese..
Cask :: Cask (n.) A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel..
Whooped :: Whooped (imp. & p. p.) of Whoo.
Hoop :: 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..
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..
Garth :: Garth (n.) A hoop or band.
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..
Howp :: Howp (v. i.) To cry out; to whoop.
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Farthingale :: Farthingale (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat..
Inhoop :: Inhoop (v. t.) To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop..
Hooper :: Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk..
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..
Ring :: Ring (n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop..
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