To drive or follow with a shout.

To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or
puncheon.

To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one
to four pecks.

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.

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.

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.

To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
way of call or pursuit; to shout.