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1.nounA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
2.nounA ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop."the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese"
3.nounA circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
4.nounA circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
5.nounA 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.
6.nounAn old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
7.nounThe rim part of a basketball net.
8.noun(in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.
9.nounA hoop earring.
10.noun(metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
11.noun(usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
12.noun(usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
13.verbTo bind or fasten using a hoop."to hoop a barrel or puncheon"
14.verbTo clasp; to encircle; to surround.
15.nounA shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
16.nounThe hoopoe.
17.verbTo utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
18.verbTo whoop, as in whooping cough.