To drive or follow with a shout.

To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

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

To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

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

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.

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the
cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

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 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.

To clasp; to encircle; to surround.