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