Hoops

/huːps/

noun

  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

  2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

    the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

  3. A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

verb

  1. To bind or fasten using a hoop.

    to hoop a barrel or puncheon

  2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

noun

  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

  2. The hoopoe.

verb

  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.

  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough.

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