| • | 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. |
| • | A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. |
| • | 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. |
| • | An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. |
| • | To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. |
| • | To clasp; to encircle; to surround. |
| • | To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. |
| • | To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. |
| • | To drive or follow with a shout. |
| • | To call by a shout or peculiar cry. |
| • | A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. |
| • | The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. |
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