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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: hoop - hop clover</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="hoop"> hoop (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a ring or flat band in the form of a circle. Ex. a hoop for holding the staves of a barrel. <DD> 2. a large ring of wood, metal, or plastic used as a toy, especially for rolling along the ground by a child. <DD> 3. a circular frame formerly used to hold out a woman's skirt. Ex. But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound (Edward Moore). The petticoat ... stiff with hoops and arm'd with ribs of whale (Alexander Pope). <DD> 4. =hoop skirt. <DD> 5. an arch of iron or wire shaped like a U upside down, through which the ball is hit in croquet; wicket. <DD> 6. anything shaped like a hoop; circle; ring; arc. Ex. Those friends thou hast ... Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel (Shakespeare). <DD> 7. a ring for the finger. <DD>v.t. 1. to bind or fasten together with a hoop or hoops; confine with hoops. Ex. The smith was hooping a cartwheel. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to encircle; embrace. expr. go (or jump) through hoops, (Informal.) to undergo trials and difficulties. Ex. The Treasury is now a large-scale user of consultants, and makes them jump through a long series of hoops to win their assignments (London Times). adj. hooplike. </DL> <A NAME="hoop"> hoop (2), noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, interjection. =whoop.</DL> <A NAME="hoopdance"> hoop dance,<DL COMPACT><DD> a dance performed as a religious ceremony with a hoop by North American Indians living west of the Mississippi. </DL> <A NAME="hooped"> hooped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having a hoop or hoops. <DD> 2. held out with hoops, as a woman's skirt. <DD> 3. wearing a hoop skirt. </DL> <A NAME="hooper"> hooper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a craftsman who fits the hoops on casks, barrels, and other containers; cooper. </DL> <A NAME="hoopingcough"> hooping cough,<DL COMPACT><DD> whooping cough. </DL> <A NAME="hoopla"> hoopla, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1. excitement; hullabaloo. Ex. Most of our present hoopla about space is certainly in this category (New Scientist). <DD> 2. sensational publicity; ballyhoo. Also, whoopla. </DL> <A NAME="hoopoe"> hoopoe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of bright-colored birds of the Old World having long, sharp bills and fanlike crests on their heads. The call of the hoopoe sounds like its name. </DL> <A NAME="hooppine"> hoop pine,<DL COMPACT><DD> an araucaria tree of Australia that grows as high as 200 feet, valuable as a source of lumber. </DL> <A NAME="hoopskirt"> hoop skirt,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a frame of flexible hoops to hold out or expand a woman's skirt; crinoline. <DD> 2. a skirt worn over such a frame. </DL> <A NAME="hoopsnake"> hoop snake,<DL COMPACT><DD> a harmless North American snake, formerly thought to roll like a hoop with its tail in its mouth. </DL> <A NAME="hooray"> hooray, interjection, noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb. =hurrah.</DL> <A NAME="hoosegow"> hoosegow or hoosgow, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a jail; lockup. </DL> <A NAME="hoosier"> Hoosier, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD>noun a nickname for a native or inhabitant of Indiana. <DD>adj. of or having to do with Indiana. </DL> <A NAME="hoosierstate"> Hoosier State,<DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Indiana. </DL> <A NAME="hoot"> hoot (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the sound that an owl makes. Ex. We could hear the distant hoot of an owl in the woods. <DD> 2. a shout to show disapproval or scorn. Ex. The hoot of the audience drowned out the politician's campaign promises. <DD> 3. a loud shout; outcry. <DD> 4. (Informal.) the smallest thought; trifle. Ex. We don't give a hoot to know just what it's all about (New Yorker). <DD> 5. a toot with a horn. Ex. Every time you gave him a hoot he accelerated and pulled into the middle of the road (Punch). <DD> 6. (Slang.) something hilariously amusing or funny. Ex. 'The Projector' [a play] was a marvellous hoot, it was a very elaborate parody but everybody thought it was the real thing (Manchester Guardian Weekly). <DD>v.i. 1. to make the sound that an owl makes or one like it. Ex. the owlet Atheism ... hooting at the glorious sun in heaven (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). <DD> 2. to shout to show disapproval or scorn. Ex. The crowd hooted at the soapbox orator. <DD> 3. to shout; call out. <DD> 4. to make any of various sounds mechanically produced, especially that of a steam whistle, used as a signal to workmen for beginning or stopping work. <DD> 5. to toot with a horn. <DD>v.t. 1. to show disapproval of, or scorn for, by hooting. Ex. The audience hooted the speaker's plan. <DD> 2. to force or drive by hooting. Ex. What he said was so foolish that they hooted him off the platform. <DD> 3. to say or show by hooting. </DL> <A NAME="hoot"> hoot (2), interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) an exclamation of dissatisfaction, impatience, etc. </DL> <A NAME="hootch"> hootch (1), noun. =hooch (1).</DL> <A NAME="hootch"> hootch (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. a thatched hut in which natives of southeastern Asia live. <DD> 2. any house or dwelling. Ex. The term "hootches" ... is used universally here in Vietnam to describe any dwelling, including our own, and that there is nothing "jocular" or malicious or belittling about the word at all (Saturday Review). <DD> Also, hooch. </DL> <A NAME="hootchykootchy"> hootchy-kootchy, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun (U.S. Slang.) a seductive dance consisting primarily of bodily contortions by a scantily-clad female performer, featured especially at carnival side shows. <DD>adj. of or characteristic of a hootchy-kootchy. Ex. a hootchy-kootchy performer. <DD> Also, hoochie-coochie. </DL> <A NAME="hootenanny"> hootenanny, noun, pl. -nies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an informal gathering featuring folk singers, especially one in which the audience participates. Ex. A hootenanny is to folk singing what a jam session is to jazz (Time). </DL> <A NAME="hooter"> hooter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that hoots. <DD> 2. an owl. <DD> 3. (Especially British.) a steam whistle or siren. <DD> 4. (Especially British.) an automobile horn. <DD> 5. (British Slang.) a nose. </DL> <A NAME="hootowl"> hoot owl,<DL COMPACT><DD> any owl that hoots, such as the barred owl. </DL> <A NAME="hoots"> hoots, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) hoot (2). </DL> <A NAME="hoover"> hoover, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD>noun a vacuum cleaner. <DD>v.t., v.i. to clean with a vacuum cleaner. </DL> <A NAME="hooverism"> Hooverism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of being economical in the use of food or other commodities. </DL> <A NAME="hooverize"> Hooverize, verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>v.t. to use economically, as food; economize. <DD>v.i. to be economical or sparing in the use of food or other commodities; practice economy. </DL> <A NAME="hooverville"> Hooverville, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a group of makeshift dwellings where unemployed workers lived during the depression of the 1930's. </DL> <A NAME="hooves"> hooves, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> hoofs; a plural of hoof. </DL> <A NAME="hop"> hop (1), verb, hopped, hopping, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to spring, or move by springing, on one foot. Ex. How far can you hop on your right foot? <DD> 2. to spring, or move by springing, with both or all feet at once. Ex. A kangaroo hops. Robins hop, but grackles primly walk. <DD> 3. (Informal.) to fly in an airplane. <DD> 4. (Informal.) to dance. <DD> 5. to limp. Ex. the limping smith ... hopping here and there (John Dryden). <DD> 6. Also, hop it. (Slang.) to depart; go off. <DD>v.t. 1. to hop or jump over. Ex. to hop a ditch. <DD> 2. (Informal.) to fly across in an airplane. Ex. to hop the Atlantic. <DD> 3. (Informal.) to jump on (a moving train, car, etc.). <DD> 4. to obtain (a ride) in this way. Ex. That morning he was able to hop a ride to work. <DD> 5. to hop about (a place). <DD>noun 1. the act of hopping; spring. Ex. He cleared the puddle in one large hop. <DD> 2. (Informal.) a flight in an airplane. <DD> 3. (Informal.) <DD> a. a dancing party, especially an informal one. <DD> b. a dance. <DD> 4. a short trip. expr. caught on the hop, (British Slang.) to catch unawares in the act. Ex. No wonder the nation's motorists were "caught on the hop," as one report put in on the Monday morning (Basil Boothroyd). expr. hop and jump, (U.S. Informal.) a short distance. Ex. The house was just a hop and jump from the road. expr. hop off, (Informal.) to take off in an airplane. Ex. They hop off from La Guardia Field this afternoon for Cincinnati (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="hop"> hop (2), noun, verb, hopped, hopping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a vine having flower clusters that look like small, yellow pine cones. The hop belongs to the mulberry family. It is native to Europe but much cultivated elsewhere. <DD> 2. (Slang.) a narcotic drug, especially opium. <DD>v.i. to pick hops; gather hops. <DD>v.t. to flavor with hops. expr. hops, the dried ripe flower clusters of the hop vine, used to flavor beer and other malt drinks, and as a tonic and soporific. Ex. Brewers use about one-half pound of hops per barrel of beer (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="hopbine"> hopbine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the twining stem of the hop. </DL> <A NAME="hopclover"> hop clover,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the yellow clovers whose withered flowers resemble the flower clusters of the hop. </DL> <A HREF="hope.dic">NEXT</A>