hoop

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for hoop

hoop 🔊 /huˈp/

hoop : වළල්ල

hoop : සවි කරනවා

hoop : මොර ගහනවා

hoop : චක්‍රය

hoop : මොරහජ

hoop : පට්ටම

hoop : වළලු දමා වෙළනවා

hoop definition

Noun.

  1. 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. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  6. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  7. The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

Transitive verb.

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

Intransitive verb.

  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.