Hoop
noun
- 1.
- (a circular band for holding together the staves of a barrel, tub, or the like, similar circle used as a toy by children) ការវិលជួបគ្នាវិញ ឬមួយជុំ, ខ្នងកង barrel hoop វ័ណ្ឌ (ធុងឈើ) / roll a hoop កង់ (ក្មេងវាយលេង)
adjective
- 1.
- Hoop skirt នៃសំពត់សម័យពីដើមម្យ៉ាងឡើងប៉ោង, នៃអង្រុត (នេសាទត្រី), hoop snake នៃពស់ត្បាល់
verb — past tense: hooped ; past participle: hooped ; present participle: hooping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to bind or fasten as with a hoop) ដាក់វ័ណ្ឌ
ENGLISH MEANING
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.
verb — past tense: hooped ; past participle: hooped ; present participle: hooping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To whoop, as in whooping cough.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To drive or follow with a shout.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
- 1.
- The hoopoe