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Uncommonhoop
The correct spelling is hoop.
How to pronounce hoop
/huːp/
nounIPA: /huːp/
Say it like: Hoo-p
The correct spelling is hoop. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. For example: "the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese"
Usage Examples
“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”
“to hoop a barrel or puncheon”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- 2.A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
- 3.A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- 4.A 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.A 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.
verb
- 1.To bind or fasten using a hoop.
- 2.To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
- 3.To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- 4.To whoop, as in whooping cough.
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