hooper

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/huːpəɹ//huːpɚ//hʊpɚ/US/ˈhupɚ/

noun

The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).

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elkehooper swanwhooper swanwhooping swan
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Meanings

hooper1

nounhooper (plural hoopers)

plural hoopers

  1. biologyThe European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).

    Synonyms: elke, hooper swan, whooper swan, whooping swan

hooper2

nounhooper (plural hoopers)

plural hoopers

  1. One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
  2. One who hula hoops.
  3. informalA basketball player.

Hooper3

proper noun
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made hoops for barrels.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Alamosa County, Colorado.
    2. An unincorporated community in Haralson County, Georgia.
    3. A township and minor city therein, in Dodge County, Nebraska.
    4. A city in Weber County, Utah.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).

Similar
elkehooper swanwhooper swanwhooping swan
Also see
basketball playerhula hooper

Origin

hooper · noun

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

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hooper · noun

  1. Old English*hōpere“hooper”
  2. Middle Englishhoper
  3. Englishhooper

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

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Translations

Bulgarian бъчвар
  • бъчвар (băčvar)One who applies hoop
German Fassbinder, Böttcher
  • FassbinderOne who applies hoop
  • BöttcherOne who applies hoop
  • SchefflerOne who applies hoop
  • SchäfflerOne who applies hoop
  • FassküferOne who applies hoop
  • FassmacherOne who applies hoop
  • WannenmacherOne who applies hoop

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hooper

supercoopertroopersnoopergrouperdupercowperstuporblooperscoopersoupertrouperwhooperdrooperrecouperregrouperstooperswooperYouTube Pooper
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hooper

Anagrams

rehoop
Cite this entry
APA

hooper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooper

MLA

“hooper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hooper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hooper.

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