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81hoop skirt — 1. a woman s skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes. 2. the framework for such a skirt. Also called hoop. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * ▪ clothing… …
82hoop-skirt — n. Hoop, farthingale, crinoline, hoop petticoat …
83hoop dance — noun : a male exhibition dance with hoops performed among Indian peoples and imitators from New Mexico to the Great Lakes * * * hoop dance, a dance performed as a religious ceremony with a hoop by North American Indians living west of the… …
84hoop-petticoat narcissus — noun see hoop petticoat daffodil * * * /hoohp pet ee koht , hoop /. See petticoat narcissus. [1885 90] …
85hoop skirt — 1. a woman s skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes. 2. the framework for such a skirt. Also called hoop. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * hoop skirt, 1 …
86Hoop gun — A hoop gun is a gun production technique that uses multiple layers of tubes. The innermost tube has one or more extra tubes wrapped around the main tube. These outer tubes are preheated before they are slid into position. As the outer tubes cool… …
87hoop-petticoat narcissus — /hoohp pet ee koht , hoop /. See petticoat narcissus. [1885 90] * * * …
88hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * …
89HOOP SCHEFFER, Jaap (Jakob Gijsbert) de — (1948– ) Politician and diplomat. After studying law at LeidenUniversity, de Hoop Scheffer started a career in foreign affairs. He was elected to Parliament for the Christen Democratisch Appel (CDA) in 1986. From 1997 until 2001, he was the… …
90hoop out — vb American to play basketball. A high school and campus term. To hoop down is to play particularly earnestly or dynamically …
