inhoop

I1N1H4O1O1P3

verb

To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.

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Meanings

verbinhoop (third-person singular simple present inhoops, present participle inhooping, simple past and past participle inhooped)

present singular third person inhoops · participle present inhooping · participle past inhooped · past inhooped

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.

    His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds.

    c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From in- + hoop.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

inhoop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhoop

MLA

“inhoop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhoop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhoop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhoop.

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