hooper
See also: Hooper
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːpəɹ/, /huːpɚ/, /hʊpɚ/
- Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From hoop (“to whoop, cry out”) + -er.
Noun
hooper (plural hoopers)
- (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)
- One who applies hoops to casks or tubs.
- One who hula hoops.
- (informal) A basketball player.
Related terms
Translations
One who applies hoop