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hoop

1. hoop \'hu.p, 'hu:p\ n [ME, fr. OE ho-p; akin to MD hoep ring, hoop, Lith 
   kabe. often attrib X hook 1: a circular strip used esp. for holding 
   together the staves of containers  or as a plaything 2: a circular figure 
   or object : RING  3: a circle or series of circles of flexible material 
   used to expand a woma n's skirt
2. hoop vt : to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop  - hoop.er n