1. hoop - Noun
2. hoop - Verb
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.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
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. See Whoop.
To drive or follow with a shout.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery. Kit Williams
And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. Black Elk
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish. Douglas Adams
I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way-under the hoop. Jack Levine
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream. Barbara Bush