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hoop
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ho?op, IPA(key): /hu?p/
- Rhymes: -u?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English h?p (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *h?p? (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *k?b- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kab? (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (k?p?, “hill, island”)). More at camp.
Noun
hoop (plural hoops)
- 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.
- (now chiefly historical) 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.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 16:
- He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 16:
- 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.
- (Britain, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.
- (US, in the plural, metonymically) The game of basketball.
- A hoop earring.
- (Australia, metonymically, informal, dated) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
- (sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
- 2003 May 21, Barry Glendenning "Minute-by-minute: Celtic 2 - 3 FC Porto (AET)" The Guardian (London):
- Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.
- 2009 June 20, Ian O'Riordan "Tipperary look in better shape" The Irish Times:
- Tipperary v Clare: IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with the gold hoop.
- 2003 May 21, Barry Glendenning "Minute-by-minute: Celtic 2 - 3 FC Porto (AET)" The Guardian (London):
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
Derived terms
- hula hoop
- jump through hoops
Translations
Verb
hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)
- (transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.
- (transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
hoop (plural hoops)
- A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
- The hoopoe.
Verb
hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)
- (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.
Derived terms
- hooping cough
- hooper
Further reading
- hoop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- Pooh, ooph, phoo, pooh
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????p/
Etymology 1
From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Noun
hoop (plural hope, diminutive hopie)
- heap
Derived terms
- ophoop
Etymology 2
From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa.
Noun
hoop (uncountable)
- hope
Etymology 3
From Dutch hopen, from Middle Dutch h?pen, from Old Dutch hopon, from Proto-West Germanic *hop?n.
Verb
hoop (present hoop, present participle hopende, past participle gehoop)
- to hope
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?p/
- Hyphenation: hoop
- Rhymes: -o?p
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa, from the verb hopon (modern Dutch hopen). Cognate with English hope.
Noun
hoop f (uncountable)
- A hope, aspiration, wish
Antonyms
- (hope): wanhoop
Derived terms
- hopeloos
- hoopgevend
- hoopvol
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hoop
Verb
hoop
- first-person singular present indicative of hopen
- imperative of hopen
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Noun
hoop m (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje n)
- A pile, heap, stack
- Synonyms: berg, stapel
- (figuratively) A lot, heaps
- A pile of manure, faeces
- A mass.
- Synonym: massa
- A multitude, a throng.
- Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare
- (obsolete) A unit of soldiers, a contingent.
Synonyms
- berg
- massa
- stapel
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Papiamentu: hopi
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.
Noun
hôop m
- heap, pile
- group of people or animals, troop, herd
- meeting
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- hôpen
Descendants
- Dutch: hoop
- Limburgish: houp
Further reading
- “hoop”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hoop (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
West Frisian
Etymology
See hoopje (“to hope”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho?p/
Noun
hoop n (no plural)
- hope
Alternative forms
- hope
Further reading
- “hoop”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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hoom
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob
Verb
hoom
- (Timau) to have
References
- “hoom” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Middle English
Noun
hoom (plural hoomes)
- Alternative form of hom (“home”)
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Love Unfeigned" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
- Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Love Unfeigned" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
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