noun
or hooper rating |hu̇pəˈrād.]iŋ, |hüp-, -āt], ]ēŋ\
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Claude E. Hooper died 1954 American statistician
: a percentage indication of the number of radios or television sets tuned to a particular program at a particular time
rain on a Sunday raises Hooperatings — Saul Carson
the most glamorous, high Hooperating show on the air — Frederic Wakeman