hooper

See also: Hooper

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːpəɹ/, /huːpɚ/, /hʊpɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English hoop

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English hooper

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

Noun

hooper (plural hoopers)

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

Synonyms

• (swan): elke, hooper swan, whooper swan, whooping swan

Translations

whooper swan — see whooper swan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hooper (plural hoopers)

1. One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
2. One who hula hoops.
3. (informal) A basketball player.

Related terms

• hula hooper

Translations

One who applies hoop

• Bulgarian: бъчвар m (băčvar)
• German: Fassbinder (de) m, Böttcher (de) m, Scheffler m, Schäffler (de) m, Fassküfer (de) m, Fassmacher m, Wannenmacher m
• Venetan: cerchier m

Anagrams

• rehoop