Hoops
/huːps/
noun
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
verb
To bind or fasten using a hoop.
“to hoop a barrel or puncheon”
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
noun
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
The hoopoe.
verb
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.