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<hw>Hoop</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>whoop</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive or follow with a shout.</def> "To be <i>hooped</i> out of Rome."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To call by a shout or peculiar cry.</def>

<h1>Hoop</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hoopoe. See <er>Hoopoe</er>.</def>

<h1>Hooper</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Hoop</er>.]</ety> <def>One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.</def>

<h1>Hooper</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <ety>[So called from its note.]</ety> <def>The European whistling, or wild, swan (<spn>Olor cygnus</spn>); -- called also <altname>hooper swan</altname>, <altname>whooping swan</altname>, and <altname>elk</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hoopoe, Hoopoo</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw><hw>Hoop"oe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hoop"oo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from its cry; cf. L. <ets>upupa</ets>, Gr. <?/, D. <ets>hop</ets>, F. <ets>huppe</ets>; cf. also G. wieden<ets>hopf</ets>, OHG. witu<ets>hopfo</ets>, lit., wood hopper.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European bird of the genus <spn>Upupa</spn> (<spn>U. epops</spn>), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also <altname>hoop</altname>, <altname>whoop</altname>. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.</def>

<-- Hoops. n. The game of basketball [Slang]. Hoopster. n. Basketball player. [Slang] -->

<h1>Hoosier</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoo"sier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Hoot</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hooted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hooting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoten</ets>, <ets>houten</ets>, <ets>huten</ets>; cf. OSw. <ets>huta</ets>, Sw. <ets>huta ut</ets> to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. <ets>hut</ets> interj., begone! cf. also W. <ets>hwt</ets> off! off with it! away! hoot!]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cry out or shout in contempt.</def>

<blockquote>Matrons and girls shall <b>hoot</b> at thee no more. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make the peculiar cry of an owl.</def>

<blockquote>The clamorous owl that nightly <b>hoots</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoot</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoot</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.</def>

<blockquote>Partridge and his clan may <b>hoot</b> me for a cheat. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoot</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoot</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A derisive cry or shout.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cry of an owl.</def>

<cs><col>Hoot owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the barred owl (<spn>Syrnium nebulosum</spn>). See <er>Barred owl</er>.</cd></cs>