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1. (noun) hoop
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

2. (noun) hoop, ring
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
"there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

3. (noun) wicket, hoop
a small arch used as croquet equipment

4. (verb) basket, basketball hoop, hoop
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

5. (verb) hoop
bind or fasten with a hoop
"hoop vats"

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) Hoop
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. (noun) Hoop
a ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

3. (noun) Hoop
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

4. (noun) Hoop
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. (noun) Hoop
an old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks

6. (noun) Hoop
a shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough

7. (noun) Hoop
the hoopoe. See Hoopoe

8. (verb) Hoop
to bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon

9. (verb) Hoop
to clasp; to encircle; to surround

10. (verb) Hoop
to utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout

11. (verb) Hoop
to whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop

12. (verb) Hoop
to drive or follow with a shout

13. (verb) Hoop
to call by a shout or peculiar cry

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