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Hood (h�d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding.] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
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The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope.
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2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
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While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, “Amen.” Shak.
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Coloq. Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
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Hood (?), n. 1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as . [Colloq.]
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2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as . [slang]
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Hoodcap, n. See Hooded seal, under .
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Hooded, a. 1. Covered with a hood.
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2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
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3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
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4. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
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Coloq. Hooded crow , a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. -- Coloq. Hooded gull , the European black-headed pewit or gull. -- Coloq. Hooded merganser . See . -- Coloq. Hooded seal , a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. -- Coloq. Hooded sheldrake , the hooded merganser. See . -- Coloq. Hooded snake . See , , , etc. -- Coloq. Hooded warbler , a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).
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Hoodless, a. Having no hood.
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Hoodlum (?), n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. Yakety-Yak (Song)
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Hoodman (?), n. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hoodman-blind (?), n. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

{ Hood molding Hood moulding } (?). (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
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Hoodoo (h�d�), n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.] 1. One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
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2. Same as .
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3. Bad luck.
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Hoodoo, v. t. To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
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Hoodoo, n. A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western U. S.] “I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park.”
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hoodooism n. Voodoo, a form of religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (esp. Haiti); it involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
Syn. -- voodoo, vodoun, voodooism.
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Hoodwink (h�dwĭṉk), v. t. [Hood + wink.] 1. To blind by covering the eyes.
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We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak.
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2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. “Hoodwinked with kindness.” Sir P. Sidney.
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Hoody (h�d�), n. (Zoöl.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
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Hoof (h�f), n.; pl. Hoofs (h�fs), very rarely Hooves (h�vz). [OE. hof, AS. hōf; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hōfr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. √225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
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On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson.
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2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
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Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26.
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3. (Geom.) See .
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Hoof, v. i. 1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.
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2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
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Coloq. To hoof it , to foot it. -- Coloq. On the hoof , of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered. -- Coloq. beef on the hoof , live cattle.
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Hoofbound (?), a. (Far.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.
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Hoofed (?), a. Furnished with hoofs. Grew.
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hoofer n. a professional dancer, especially a tap dancer. [Show business slang]
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hoofing n. a dance in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures.
Syn. -- step dancing.
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Hoofless (?), a. Destitute of hoofs.
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hooflike adj. resembling a hoof.
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hoofmark, hoofprint n. a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal.
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Hook (h�k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. hōc; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. hāko, hāgo, hāggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. , , , a half door, .] 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
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2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
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3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
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Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. Pope.
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4. (Steam Engin.) See , and .
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5. A snare; a trap. [R.] Shak.
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6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
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8. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
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9. (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball.
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10. (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.
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Coloq. By hook or by crook , one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. Milton. “In hope her to attain by hook or crook.” Spenser. -- Coloq. Off the hook , freed from some obligation or difficulty; as, to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Off the hooks , unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] “In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river.” Pepys. -- Coloq. On one's own hook , on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. -- Coloq. To go off the hooks , to die. [Colloq.] Thackeray. -- Coloq. Bid hook , a small boat hook. -- Coloq. Chain hook . See under . -- Coloq. Deck hook , a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests. -- Coloq. Hook and eye , one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. -- Coloq. Hook bill (Zoöl.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. -- Coloq. Hook ladder , a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall. -- Coloq. Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. -- Coloq. Hook squid , any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis. -- Coloq. Hook wrench , a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
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Hook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.] 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
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Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. W. Collins.
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2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]
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Coloq. To hook on , to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.
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Hook (?), v. i. 1. To bend; to curve as a hook.
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2. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov. Eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it. “Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it.” Kipling.
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Hookah (h�kȧ), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. Also called narghile and water pipe. The is a simple form of this device.
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hook-and-ladder company (?), n. A company of firefighters who operate a hook-and-ladder truck; a fire company; called also ladder company.
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hook-and-ladder truck, hook and ladder truck, hook and ladder (?), n. A firefighting truck equipped with a ladder extendable to great length, for access to the upper stories of buildings; it also carries other firefighting equipment; called also ladder truck.
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hook-billed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a strongly curved bill.
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Hooked (?), a. 1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
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2. Provided with a hook or hooks. “The hooked chariot.” Milton.
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Hookedness (?), n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
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Hooker (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, hooks.
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2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
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Hooke's gearing (?). [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
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Hooke's joint (?). [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) A universal joint. See under .
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Hookey (?), n. 1. See .
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2. Same as , n..
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Hooklet (?), n. A little hook.
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Hook-nosed (?), a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
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Hooky (h�k�), a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
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Hooky (h�k�), n. [Written also hookey.] [Cf. , v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to be truant, to run away; -- used mostly of youths absent from school without a valid reason and without the knowledge of their parents. Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent from duty for frivolous reasons.
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This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and “hooky,” and marbles, was all moonshine. F. Hopkinson Smith.
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Hool (?), a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hoolock (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.
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Hoom (?), n. Home. Chaucer.
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Hoonoomaun (?), n. (Zoöl.) An Indian monkey. See . [Written also hoonuman.]
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Hoop (?), n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. 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.
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2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
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3. 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.
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Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale. Pope.
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4. 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. [Obs.]
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5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.] Halliwell.
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Coloq. Bulge hoop , Coloq. Chine hoop , Coloq. Quarter hoop , the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively. -- Coloq. Flat hoop , a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides. -- Coloq. Half-round hoop , a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside. -- Coloq. Hoop iron , iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops. -- Coloq. Hoop lock , the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. -- Coloq. Hoop skirt , a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat. -- Coloq. Hoop snake (Zoöl.), a harmless snake of the Southern United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. -- Coloq. Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.
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Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
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2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.
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Hoop (?), v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. .] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]
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2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See .
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Coloq. Hooping cough . (Med.) See .
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Hoop, v. t. [Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. “To be hooped out of Rome.” Shak.
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2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
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Hoop, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
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2. (Zoöl.) The hoopoe. See .
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Hooper (?), n. [See 1st .] One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.
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Hooper (?), n. (Zoöl.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

{ Hoopoe (?), Hoopoo (?) }, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. �, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zoöl.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

hoops n. The game of basketball. [Slang]
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hoopskirt n. a skirt stiffened with hoops.
Syn. -- crinoline.
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hoopster n. A basketball player. [slang]
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hoosegow, hoosgow n. [from Mexican Sp. jusgado jail, from Sp. juzgado court of justice.] a jail. [U. S. western slang]
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Hoosier (?), n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [U.S.]
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Hoosier State. Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
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Hoot (h�t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooting.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta, Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj., begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!] 1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
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Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.
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2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
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The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. Shak.
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Hoot, v. t. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
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Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.
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Hoot, n. 1. A derisive cry or shout. Glanvill.
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2. The cry of an owl.
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3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.
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Coloq. Hoot owl (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See . -- Coloq. not give a hoot not care at all.
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Hoot down, v. t. To shout down; to cause (a speaker) to cease trying to speak by loud derisive shouts.
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hootenanny n. 1. An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly folk songs, sometimes dancing, and where the audience often participates in the singing. [PJC]

2. Same as ; a thingumbob. [Obsolescent, chiefly dial.]
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hooter n. 1. the nose. [slang]
Syn. -- beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle.
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2. An automobile horn. [Brit. slang]
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3. A woman's breast, especially one that is large. [vulgar slang]
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Hoove (?), n. [Allied to heave, hove.] A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

{ Hooven (?), Hoven (?), } a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.
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Hoover n. [a trademark.] a kind of vacuum cleaner.
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hoover v. t. to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang]
Syn. -- vacuum, vacuum-clean.
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Hop (hŏp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped (hŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping (hŏppĭng).] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen.] 1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
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[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.
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2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
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3. To dance. Smollett.
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Hop, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
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2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. Hop, skip and jump , Coloq. Hop, step and a jump or Coloq. Hop, step and jump , 1. a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. 2. a short distance. Addison.
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Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
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2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
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3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See .
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Coloq. Hop back . (Brewing) See under 1st . -- Coloq. Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens). -- Coloq. Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Coloq. Hop fly (Zoöl.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. -- Coloq. Hop froth fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. -- Coloq. Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris). -- Coloq. Hop moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. -- Coloq. Hop picker , one who picks hops. -- Coloq. Hop pole , a pole used to support hop vines. -- Coloq. Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. -- Coloq. Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
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Hop, v. t. To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.
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Hop, v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form , vb. n.]

{ Hopbine (?), Hopbind (?), } n. The climbing stem of the hop. Blackstone.
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Hope (?), n. [Cf. Icel. hōp a small bay or inlet.] 1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.]
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2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Hope, n. [AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under .] 1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
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The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13.
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He wished, but not with hope. Milton.
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New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble.
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2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
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The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16.
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A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.
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3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
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Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. Shak.
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Hope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping.] [AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hoppan, Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd .] 1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for. “Hope for good success.” Jer. Taylor.
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But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14.
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2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in. “I hope in thy word.” Ps. cxix. 81.
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11.
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