Definition of Hooper

1. n. One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

2. n. The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

Definition of Hooper

1. Noun. One who applies hoops to casks or tubs. ¹

2. Noun. Someone who hula hoops. ¹

3. Noun. The European whistling, or wild, swan (''Olor cygnus''); called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hooper

1. one that hoops [n -S] - See also: hoops

Medical Definition of Hooper

1. [So called from its note. The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus). Synonym: hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooper

hoond
hoonds
hooned
hooning
hoonoomaun
hoonoomauns
hoons
hoop
hoop ash
hoop pine
hoop skirt
hoop skirts
hoop snake
hoop snakes
hooped
hooper (current term)
hoopers
hooping
hoopla
hooplas
hoopless
hooplike
hoopoe
hoopoes
hoopoo
hoopoos
hoops
hoopskirt
hoopskirts
hoopster

Literary usage of Hooper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"Dr. William hooper, carried away by their regard for a man who won recognition ... What Dr. hooper accomplished as a scholar, pulpit orator, and writer for ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt (1820)
"The biA further stated, that the defendant John hooper is administrator de bonis non of the original testator : that Jonathan was personal representative of ..."

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