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A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [R.] Shak.

The male of the European bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]

imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.

To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

The hoopoe.

One who, or that which, whooops. Woopher swan. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Swan.

a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison. -- Whooping crane (Zoöl.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for…

Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hoopplw.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

ask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]

lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. -- Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.…

A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.

agulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

Whooping cough.