droop | noun (n.) A drooping; as, a droop of the eye. |
| verb (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. |
| verb (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. |
| verb (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. |
| verb (v. t.) To let droop or sink. |
hoop | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese. |
| noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. |
| noun (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. |
| noun (n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe. |
| verb (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. |
| verb (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround. |
| verb (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. |
| verb (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. |
| verb (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout. |
| verb (v. t.) To call by a shout or peculiar cry. |
loop | noun (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. |
| noun (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. |
| noun (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole. |
| noun (n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop. |
| noun (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts. |
| noun (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment. |
| verb (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain. |
scoop | noun (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. |
| noun (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. |
| noun (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. |
| noun (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. |
| noun (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. |
| noun (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. |
| noun (n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. |
| noun (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. |
| noun (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. |
| noun (n.) A beat. |
| verb (v. t.) To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival). |
stoop | noun (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door. |
| noun (n.) A vessel of liquor; a flagon. |
| noun (n.) A post fixed in the earth. |
| noun (n.) The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders. |
| noun (n.) Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation. |
| noun (n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. |
| verb (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position. |
| verb (v. i.) To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. |
| verb (v. i.) To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. |
| verb (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. |
| verb (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight. |
| verb (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to submit; to prostrate. |
| verb (v. t.) To degrade. |
troop | noun (n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. |
| noun (n.) Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery. |
| noun (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe. |
| noun (n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. |
| noun (n.) See Boy scout, above. |
| verb (v. i.) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. |
| verb (v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste. |
whoop | noun (n.) The hoopoe. |
| noun (n.) A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. |
| noun (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. |
| verb (v. i.) To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. |
| verb (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. |
| verb (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. |
jump | noun (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men. |
| noun (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. |
| noun (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. |
| noun (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture. |
| noun (n.) The space traversed by a leap. |
| noun (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. |
| noun (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. |
| adjective (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. |
| verb (v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap. |
| verb (v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. |
| verb (v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. |
| verb (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. |
| verb (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. |
| verb (v. t.) To join by a butt weld. |
| verb (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. |
| verb (v. t.) To bore with a jumper. |
| adverb (adv.) Exactly; pat. |