A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
(plural) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline.
A quartpot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
(Britain, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
“The worst thing was when a woman killed herself by leaping from the roof of a building at South Fifth Street and hooper.”
“The estuary it overlooks has been designated an area of outstanding natural beauty and in winter, Canada geese and hooper swans from Greenland come to visit.”
“Captain hooper tried to get at the bottom of the affair, but failed.”
