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Definition of Hoop
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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. 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. Related Definitions:
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Hoop Quotations
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames. Les Brown You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop. Derek Jacobi And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. Black Elk Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. Thomas Bulfinch I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop. Jack Levine |
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Hoop Translations
hoop in German is Reifen hoop in Spanish is aro hoop in Swedish is tunn-, rullband, tunnband |
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