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.

a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt