Definition of Hoopoo

1. Noun. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.

Exact synonyms: Hoopoe
Generic synonyms: Coraciiform Bird
Group relationships: Family Upupidae, Upupidae
Specialized synonyms: Euopean Hoopoe, Upupa Epops

Definition of Hoopoo

1. Noun. (archaic form of hoopoe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoopoo

1. hoopoe [n -POOS] - See also: hoopoe

Medical Definition of Hoopoo

1. A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. Epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. 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] Hoopster. N. Basketball player. [Slang. Origin: So called from its cry; cf. L. Upupa, Gr, D. Hop, F. Huppe; cf. Also G. Wiedenhopf, OHG. Wituhopfo, lit, wood hopper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoopoo

hoop pine
hoop skirt
hoop skirts
hoop snake
hoop snakes
hooped
hooper
hoopers
hooping
hoopla
hooplas
hoopless
hooplike
hoopoe
hoopoes
hoopoo (current term)
hoopoos
hoops
hoopskirt
hoopskirts
hoopster
hoopsters
hooptie
hoopties
hoopty
hoorah
hoorahed
hoorahing
hoorahs
hooray

Literary usage of Hoopoo

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

1. China in Decay: The Story of a Disappearing Empire by Alexis Sidney Krausse (1900)
"... Viceroys—Their Ignorance—Corruptness—Blackmail — Sham Rebellions — The Eleven Governments — The hoopoo—Sources of Revenue—The Likin Duty—Transit Pass ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1899)
"The startled hoopoo has barely time to do more than half open its wings and ... As the hoopoo flutters in its death-struggles, the silent bushes become once ..."

3. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece by Karl Otfried Müller (1840)
"They soon find him in a rocky desert, where the whole host of birds assemble at the call of hoopoo : for some time they are disposed to treat the two ..."

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