"Hoop" is a word in ENGLISH
The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
To drive or follow with a shout.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one
to four pecks.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
way of call or pursuit; to shout.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the
cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or
puncheon.
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.
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.
Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher.
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