Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A maker or repairer of barrels and tubs; a cooper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
- noun Same as
hoopoe . - noun The European whooping swan, Cygnus musicus: so called from its cry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (
Olor cygnus ); -- called alsohooper swan ,whooping swan , andelk . - noun One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who applies
hoops tocasks ortubs . - noun Someone who
hula hoops . - noun The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and
elk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A beautiful shot of a fire hooper from the Winterfest Fire Festival at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington.
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She said, The quality I most admire in a hooper is the determination to assert one’s own style and creativity.
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While everyone who is a hooper is already a winner, those receiving a 2010 Hoopie Award will be announced on Monday, January 25th, 2010.
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To me, it always looks as if the hooper is a wizard, moving the hoop by making certain hand movements but without actually touching it.
Hooping.org | Blog 2005
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To me, it always looks as if the hooper is a wizard, moving the hoop by making certain hand movements but without actually touching it.
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According to The Other Paper Hibbs is a hooper, performance artist, drummer, noise curator and janitor working out of Columbus, Ohio.
Hooping.org | Blog | Aaron Hibbs World Record Attempt Begins Today 2009
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XOXOXO hooper 25 said: On January 24, 2009 you are great i loved watching you god bless you
Hooping.org | Blog | Tonilyn Wisner: To the Few and the Many 2009
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Elspeth is a newbie hooper and our first from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
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K. in Virginia writes, Becoming ‘a hooper’ has changed my whole identity – or, rather, completed it.
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I just got back into it after having been a hula hooper as a child.
Hooping.org | Blog | Hula Hoop Fitness: What Do The Experts Say? 2010
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