Hoop vs. Loop

Hoopnoun

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

Hoopnoun

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

Hoopnoun

A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

Hoopnoun

A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; hence, by extension a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.

Hoopnoun

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.

Hoopnoun

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

Hoopnoun

(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.

Hoopnoun

The game of basketball.

Hoopnoun

A hoop earring.

Hoopnoun

A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.

Hoopnoun

A horizontal stripe on the jersey

Hoopnoun

A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.

Hoopverb

(transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.

Hoopverb

(transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Hoopverb

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

Hoopverb

(dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.

Hoopnoun

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.

Hoopnoun

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

Hoopnoun

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.

Hoopnoun

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.

Hoopnoun

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

Hoopnoun

A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

Hoopnoun

The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

Hoopverb

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

Hoopverb

To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Hoopverb

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

Hoopverb

To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

Hoopverb

To drive or follow with a shout.

Hoopverb

To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

Hoopnoun

a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

Hoopnoun

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling;

Hoopnoun

a small arch used as croquet equipment

Hoopnoun

horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Hoopverb

bind or fasten with a hoop;

Loopnoun

A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

Loopnoun

The opening so formed.

Loopnoun

A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Loopnoun

A ring road or beltway.

Loopnoun

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Loopnoun

A complete circuit for an electric current.

Loopnoun

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

Loopnoun

(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

Loopnoun

(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.

Loopnoun

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

Loopnoun

(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.

Loopnoun

A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Loopnoun

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

Loopnoun

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Loopnoun

alternative form of loup|nodot=yes(mass of iron).

Loopnoun

(biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Loopverb

(transitive) To form something into a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To move something in a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

Loopverb

(transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.

Loopverb

(transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.

Loopverb

(intransitive) To form a loop.

Loopverb

(intransitive) To move in a loop.

Loopnoun

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Loopnoun

A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.

Loopnoun

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Loopnoun

A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.

Loopnoun

A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Loopnoun

The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; - called also ventral segment.

Loopverb

To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; - often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.

Loopnoun

fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Loopnoun

anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

Loopnoun

(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated;

Loopnoun

an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan);

Loopnoun

the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

Loopnoun

a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Loopnoun

the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop

Loopnoun

an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

Loopnoun

a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Loopnoun

a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Loopverb

move in loops;

Loopverb

make a loop in;

Loopverb

fly loops, perform a loop;

Loopverb

wind around something in coils or loops

Loopverb

fasten or join with a loop;