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Definitions of 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. ²
n. - A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. ²
n. - 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. ²
n. - 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. ²
n. - An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. ²
v. t. - To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. ²
v. t. - To clasp; to encircle; to surround. ²
v. i. - To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. ²
v. i. - To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. ²
v. t. - To drive or follow with a shout. ²
v. t. - To call by a shout or peculiar cry. ²
n. - A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. ²
n. - The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. ²

The word "hoop" uses 4 letters: H O O P.

Direct anagrams of hoop:
  pooh

Words formed by adding one letter before or after hoop (in bold), or to hoop in any order:
c -   pooch   m -   oomph   n -   phono   s -   hoops   poohs   t -   photo   w -   whoop  

Shorter words found within hoop:
ho   hop   oh   oho   ooh   op   poh  

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