English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of hoop

hoop

/noun/ घेरा;
/verb/पीपे को घेरों से जकड़ना; छल्ला;

Synonym entourage; bijou;

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English Dictionary:

1. Hoop

[n.]

- 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.
- A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
- The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

2. Hoop

[v. i.]

- 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.

3. Hoop

[v. t.]

- To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
- To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
- To drive or follow with a shout.
- To call by a shout or peculiar cry.