Hooper

//huːpəɹ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).
  2. 2
    One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
  3. 3
    One who hula hoops.
  4. 4
    A basketball player. informal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made hoops for barrels.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Alamosa County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Haralson County, Georgia.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and minor city therein, in Dodge County, Nebraska.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Weber County, Utah.

Synonyms

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basketball playerelkelkehooper swanhula hooperhula hooper

Example

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"The sawyer brought some timber over to the cooper's shop, but the cooper is still waiting on the hooper. The chandler is doing fine, though."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hoop (“to whoop, cry out”) + -er.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoper, hoopere, hopere, perhaps from Old English *hōpere (“hooper”), equivalent to hoop + -er.

Related phrases

hula hoop

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