hooper
See also: Hooper
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From hoop (“to whoop, cry out”) + -er.
Noun edit
hooper (plural hoopers)
- (ornithology) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).
Synonyms edit
- (swan): elke, hooper swan, whooper swan, whooping swan
Translations edit
whooper swan — see whooper swan
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English hoper, hoopere, hopere, perhaps from Old English *hōpere (“hooper”), equivalent to hoop + -er.
Noun edit
hooper (plural hoopers)
- One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
- One who hula hoops.
- (informal) A basketball player.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
One who applies hoop
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