| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hoop.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hoop) | 1. Bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats".[Wordnet]. 2. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.[Websters]. 3. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.[Websters]. 4. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.[Websters]. 5. To whoop, as in whooping cough.[Websters]. 6. To drive or follow with a shout.[Websters]. 7. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: hooping, hooped, hoops, hooper, hoopers, hoopingly and hoopedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HOOPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1672. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HOOPING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Fastening with hoops.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of hoop. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: HOOPING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hooping cough | (Med.) See Whooping cough . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hoop
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bilge hoop | Food & Agriculture | Hoop of a cask which is nearest to the bilge. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Collar hoop | Food & Agriculture | The second hoop of a cask starting from the bottom. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| HOOP BENDER, TANK | Occupations | Operates hoop-bending machine to bend and shape iron rods into hoops for wooden tanks: Loosens nut of adjusting block and positions roller to obtain specified diameter of hoop. Starts machine and inserts end of rod through feed rollers of machine and over bending roller. Strikes end of rod with wooden maul to start rod over roll. Turns handcrank of feed roller to force rod through machine, bending rod into semicircular or circular shape. Removes bent rod from machine and stacks rod on floor. (references) | |
| HOOP COILER | Occupations | Feeds flat strips of hoop steel, in which rivet holes have been punched, into rolls of machine to form barrel hoops. (references) | |
| Hoop guard | Mechanical Engineering | Protective cage paralleling and connecting to a vertical access ladder. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hoop it up | Slang | Verb. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: To play a game of basketball. Context: Used between basketball players and teenagers. Social Source: Teenagers from South Eugene High School. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
| HOOP MAKER, MACHINE | Occupations | Operates machines to make barrel hoops from strap steel: Installs and adjusts rollers, punches, and shear plates in hoop-punch-and-coiler machines, using wrenches. Places roll of strap steel on spindle, inserts end in feed rollers and starts machine. Removes punched and coiled hoops. Aligns holes in ends of coiled hoops on shank of rivets in guide slots of riveting machine. Slides hoop with protruding rivets under reciprocating hammer that flattens rivet shanks. Places hoop over mandrel of hoop-flaring machine and moves leg control to expand jaws that flare hoop to conform to shape of barrel. May be designated according to machine operated as Hoop-Flaring-Machine Operator (wood. container); Hoop-Punch-And-Coiler Operator (wood. container); Hoop-Riveting Machine Operator (wood. container). (references) | |
| Hoop net | Biology & Biotechnology | More or less conical fish trap typically made of twine mesh hung on round frames and typically having two funnel shaped throats in series. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hoop rivet | Food & Agriculture | Small metal rivet used for joining the ends of hoops. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hoop stress | Engineering & Technology | Stress in the wall of a pressure vessel, etc. , parallel to its circumference. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hoop stress (Barlow's formula) | Transportation | The stress in a pipe wall acting circumferentially in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pipe and produced by the pressure of the fluid in the pipe. Hoop stress calculation: S=PD/2t S=hoop stress, in psi P=internal pressure D=outside diameter of the pipe in inches t=normal wall thickness, in inches. (references) | |
| TO HOOP | Slang in 1811 | TO HOOP. To beat. I'll well hoop his or her barrel, I'll beat him or her soundly. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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