Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete spelling of whoop.
  • noun An obsolete spelling of hoop, now hoopoe.
  • noun A variant spelling of hope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), obsolete See hoopoe.

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  • Scots. A mouthful of any kind of drink.

    May 20, 2011