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English to English noun
| 1 |
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling | | Example: there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
a small arch used as croquet equipment | | source: wordnet30
| 4 |
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | | source: wordnet30
| 5 |
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. | | source: webster1913
| 6 |
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. | | source: webster1913
verb
| 7 |
bind or fasten with a hoop | | Example: hoop vats
source: wordnet30
| 8 |
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. | | source: webster1913
| 9 |
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
To drive or follow with a shout. | | source: webster1913
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