a pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.-a ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.-a circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.-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.-an old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.-to bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.-to clasp; to encircle; to surround.-to utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.-to whoop, as in whooping cough. see whoop.-to drive or follow with a shout.-to call by a shout or peculiar cry.-a shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.-the hoopoe. see hoopoe.