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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoop

Hoop

,
Noun.
[OE.
hope
; akin to D.
hoep
,
hoepel
.]
1.
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.
2.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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 whale.
Pope.
4.
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.
[Obs.]
5.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
[Eng.]
Halliwell.
Bulge hoop
,
Chine hoop
,
Quarter hoop
,
the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
–
Flat hoop
,
a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
–
Half-round hoop
,
a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.
–
Hoop iron
,
iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops.
–
Hoop lock
,
the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.
–
Hoop skirt
,
a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; – called also
hoop petticoat
.
–
Hoop snake
(Zool.)
,
a harmless snake of the Southern United States (
Abaster erythrogrammus
); – so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity.
–
Hoop tree
(Bot.)
,
a small West Indian tree (
Melia sempervirens
), of the Mahogany family.

Hoop

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hooped
;
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.

Hoop

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
houpen
; cf. F.
houper
to hoop, to shout; – a hunting term, prob. fr.
houp
, an interj. used in calling. Cf.
Whoop
.]
1.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
[Usually written
whoop
.]
2.
To whoop, as in whooping cough. See
Whoop
.
Hooping cough
.
(Med.)
See
Whooping cough
.

Hoop

,
Verb.
T.
[Written also
whoop
.]
1.
To drive or follow with a shout.
“To be hooped out of Rome.”
Shak.
2.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

Hoop

,
Noun.
1.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
2.
(Zool.)
The hoopoe. See
Hoopoe
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hoop

HOOP

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
1.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

HOOP

,
Verb.
I.
to shout; to utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit.

HOOP

,
Verb.
T.
To drive with a shout or outcry.
1.
To call by a shout or hoop.

HOOP

,
Noun.
A shout; also, a measure, equal to a peck.
1.
The hoopoe.

Definition 2024

Hoop

Hoop

See also: hopp and hoop

English

Noun

Hoop ‎(plural Hoops)

  1. (soccer) someone connected with Queens Park Rangers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Anagrams

hoop

hoop

See also: Hoop and hopp

English

Noun

hoop ‎(plural hoops)

  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
    the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
  3. (chiefly in the plural) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline.
    • Alexander Pope
      stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale
  4. 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.
  5. (Britain, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  6. (plural) The game of basketball.
  7. A hoop earring.
  8. (Australia, metonymically, informal, dated) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.[1]
  9. (usually, plural) (sports) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
    • 2003 May 21, Barry Glendenning "Minute-by-minute: Celtic 2 - 3 FC Porto (AET)" The Guardian (London):
      Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.
    • 2009 June 20, Ian O'Riordan "Tipperary look in better shape" The Irish Times:
      Tipperary v Clare: IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with the gold hoop.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

hoop ‎(third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)

  1. (transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.
    to hoop a barrel or puncheon
  2. (transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

hoop ‎(plural hoops)

  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  2. The hoopoe.

Verb

hoop ‎(third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)

  1. (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.
Derived terms

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ “hoop”, entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian Words and Their Origins, page 261.

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

hoop ‎(plural hope, diminutive hopie)

  1. heap
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch hopen.

Noun

hoop ‎(uncountable)

  1. hope

Verb

hoop ‎(present hoop, present participle hopende, past participle gehoop)

  1. to hope

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦoːp/
  • Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa, from the verb hopon (modern Dutch hopen). Cognate with English hope.

Noun

hoop f ‎(uncountable)

  1. A hope, aspiration, wish
Antonyms
Derived terms

Verb

hoop

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hopen
  2. imperative of hopen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hoop, from Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz. Cognate with English heap.

Noun

hoop m ‎(plural hopen, diminutive hoopje n)

  1. A pile, heap, stack
  2. (figuratively) A lot, heaps
    Dat zijn weer een hoop slechte cijfers, dus je krijgt een hoop striemen!‎
    That's another bunch of lousy grades, so you get a load of lashes!
  3. A pile of manure, faeces
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp ‎(“mound, raised land", in combination, also "circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą ‎(“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Dutch hoep), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- ‎(“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė ‎(“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ ‎(kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ho͞op, IPA(key): /huːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp

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