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Hoop (noun)
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
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Hoop (noun)
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”
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Hoop (noun)
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
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Hoop (noun)
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.
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Hoop (noun)
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.
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Hoop (noun)
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
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Hoop (noun)
The rim part of a basketball net.
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Hoop (noun)
The game of basketball.
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Hoop (noun)
A hoop earring.
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Hoop (noun)
A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
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Hoop (noun)
A horizontal stripe on the jersey
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Hoop (noun)
A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
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Hoop (verb)
To bind or fasten using a hoop.
“to hoop a barrel or puncheon”
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Hoop (verb)
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
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Hoop (verb)
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
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Hoop (verb)
To whoop, as in whooping cough.
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Loop (noun)
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
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Loop (noun)
The opening so formed.
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Loop (noun)
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
“Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.”
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Loop (noun)
A ring road or beltway.
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Loop (noun)
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
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Loop (noun)
A complete circuit for an electric current.
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Loop (noun)
A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
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Loop (noun)
An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
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Loop (noun)
A path that starts and ends at the same point.
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Loop (noun)
A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
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Loop (noun)
A quasigroup with an identity element.
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Loop (noun)
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
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Loop (noun)
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
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Loop (noun)
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
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Loop (noun)
alternative form of loup|nodot=yes(mass of iron).
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Loop (noun)
A flexible region in a protein’s secondary structure.
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Loop (verb)
To form something into a loop.
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Loop (verb)
To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
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Loop (verb)
To fly an aircraft in a loop.
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Loop (verb)
To move something in a loop.
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Loop (verb)
To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
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Loop (verb)
To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
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Loop (verb)
To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
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Loop (verb)
To form a loop.
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Loop (verb)
To move in a loop.
“The program loops until the user presses a key.”