Hookah

hfSok'a, n. A kind of pipe, used in the Orient, having a long, flexible stem, in which the smoke of the tobacco pa es through water. [Ar. huqqa,_ir. huqq, a hollow place.] Hoop, hoop or hot>p, n. A circular band of wood or metal, esp. one for holding together the staves of casks, etc.; a flattened ring; a circle, or combination of rings of elastic material, for expanding the skirts of dre es,— chiefly in pi.; a quart pot,— orig. bound with hoops, like a barrel. — v. [hooped (hdopt), hooping.] To bind or fasten with hoops; to clasp, encircle. [D. hoep, a hoop, Ic. hop, a hollow bay; Gr. kamptein, to bend, Skr. chap a, a bow, E. hump, hop, to jump.] — Hoop'er, n. One who hoops casks, etc.; a cooper. — Hoop'-iron, n. Iron in narrow, thin strips, for securing boxes, casks, etc. -skirt, n. A frame-work of elastic hoops for expanding the skirts of a lady's dre . Hoop, hoop, To whoop, q. v. — Hoop'er, n. A wild swan, which utters a note like whoop. — Hoop'- ing-cough, n. A cough in winch the patient whoops, with a deep inspiration ot breath. [See under Whoop.] Hoopoe, hoop'o, -oo, n. A bird, with an erectile sun, cube, full moon, cow, oil HORN »- crest, found in Europe and X. Africa. [Fr. its cry; OF. hupe, L. upupa, Gr. epops.]