Look up: Hoop

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   hoop
   [n] - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt 2. [n] - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling 3. [v] - bind or fasten with a hoop
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   Hoop
   Ply laid onto a mandrel at a 90° angle.
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   hoop
   hoops are binders in the form of rings(other than helical)round the main reinforcement in columns and piles Category: Building industry • band of iron encircling a cask and holding the staves in position Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Hoop
   Hoop noun [ Middle English hope ; akin to Dutch hoep , hoepel .] 1. 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. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. 3. A circle, or comb ...
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   Hoop
   Hoop transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hooped ; present participle & verbal noun Hooping .] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.
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   Hoop
   Hoop intransitive verb [ Middle English houpen ; confer French houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, probably from houp , an interj. used in calling. Confer Whoop .] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [ Usually written whoop .] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop . ...
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   Hoop
   Hoop transitive verb [ Written also whoop .] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. 'To be hooped out of Rome.' Shak. 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
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   Hoop
   Hoop noun 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. 2. (Zoology) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe .
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   hoop
   1. 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. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. ... 3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other ...
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    hoop
    noun 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`
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    hoop
    verb bind or fasten with a hoop; `hoop vats`
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    Hoop
    • (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. • (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. • (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround. • (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. • (n.) An old measure...
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    hoop
    circular toy adaptable to many games, children`s and adults`, probably the most ubiquitous of the world`s toys, after the ball. The ancient Greeks ...
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    hoop
    
    1. a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
    2. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
    3. a small arch used as croquet equipment
    
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