HOOP, n. A band of wood or metal used to confine the staves of casks,tubs, &c. or for other similar purposes. Wooden hoops are usually made by splitting an oak or hickory sapling into two parts; but sometimes they are made of thin splints and of other species of wood. 1. A piece of whalebone in the form of a circle or ellipsis, used formerly by females to extend their petticoats; a farthingale.2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular.HOOP, v.t. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. 1. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.HOOP, v.i. to shout; to utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit. HOOP, v.t. To drive with a shout or outcry. 1. To call by a shout or hoop.HOOP, n. A shout; also, a measure, equal to a peck. 1. The hoopoe. |
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