HOOP SNAKE

Meaning of HOOP SNAKE in English

any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.

[ 1775-85, Amer. ]

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HOOP SNAKE — noun 1. chiefly South and Midland : a fabled snake of extremely venomous character that rolls itself up with its …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOOP — I. ˈhu̇p, -ü- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hop, hoop, from Old English hōp; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOOP — (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
Английский словарь Webster
HOOP — (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is …
Английский словарь Webster
HOOP — ( v. t. ) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOOP — ( n. ) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOOP — — hoopless , adj. — hooplike , adj. /hoohp, hoop/ , n. 1. a circular band or ring of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOOP — I. ˈhüp also ˈhu̇p noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōp; akin to Middle Dutch hoep …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
HOOP — vt to drive or follow with a shout. 2. hoop ·vt to call by a shout or peculiar cry. 3. …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOOP — [hoop] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hop; akin to MD hoep ring, hoop] (12c) 1: a circular strip used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOOP — circular toy adaptable to many games, children's and adults', probably the most ubiquitous of the world's toys, after the ball. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOOP — hoop BrE AmE huːp § hʊp ▷ hooped huːpt § hʊpt ▷ hooping ˈhuːp ɪŋ § ˈhʊp- ▷ hoops huːps …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOOP — / huːp; NAmE / noun 1. a large ring of plastic, wood or iron : a barrel bound with iron …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOOP — n. & v. --n. 1 a circular band of metal, wood, etc., esp. for binding the staves of casks etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOOP — n. & v. n. 1 a circular band of metal, wood, etc., esp. for binding the staves of casks etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
HOOP — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a circular band of metal, wood, etc., esp. for binding the staves of casks …
Oxford English vocab
HOOP — ( hoops) 1. A hoop is a large ring made of wood, metal, or plastic. N-COUNT 2. If someone makes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOOP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hoop/hooped earrings (= in the shape of a large circle ) ▪ a pair of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOOP — [noun] [C] - a ring of wood, metal or plastic, or sometimes a half ringThe dogs had been trained to …
Cambridge English vocab
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOOP — To run the hoop; an ancient marine custom. Four or more boys having their left hands tied fast to an …
Slang English vocab
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOOP — noun Hoop is used before these nouns: ↑ earring Hoop is used after these nouns: ↑ spaghetti
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOOP — I 1. сущ. 1) обод, обруч to roll a hoop ≈ катать обруч Syn : rim, felloe 2) ворота (в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOOP — hoop.ogg _I 1. hu:p n 1. обод; обруч to fasten a barrel with hoops - скрепить бочку обручами; набить обручи …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOOP — 1) хомут; обруч; обод; обойма || скреплять хомутом или обручем; набивать обруч 2) мелкосортный прокат 3) мн. ч. обручное (шинное, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HOOP — 1) хомут; обруч; обод; обойма || скреплять хомутом или обручем; набивать обруч 2) мелкосортный прокат 3) мн. ч. обручное (шинное, бандажное) железо 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SNAKE — snake сущ.1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SNAKE — 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOOP — _I 1. hu:p n 1. обод; обруч to fasten a barrel with hoops - скрепить бочку обручами; набить обручи на …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — 1. сущ. 1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOOP — I 1. сущ. 1) обод, обруч to go / jump through a hoop — прыгать через обруч ( о животном …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SNAKE — 1. сущ. 1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — змеи кусают snakes coil …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOOP — I 1. сущ. 1) обод, обруч to go / jump through a hoop — прыгать через обруч (о животном в цирке) 2) ворота (в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNAKE — змея; pl змеи (Serpentes) - Aesculapian snake - African coral snake - amphibious sea snakes - Arizona coral snake - Asian water snake - Asian wolf …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNAKE — змея; pl змеи ( Serpentes ) - Aesculapian snake - African coral snake - amphibious sea snakes - Arizona coral …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HOOP — 1) обруч; обод; кольцо; хомут 2) мн. ч. обручное железо, шинное железо 3) обойма; муфта; бугель (сваи) 4) кольцевая арматура 5) скреплять обручем; набивать …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
HOOP — 1) бугель 2) обруч 3) обойма 4) скреплять бугелями - hoop head - hoop truss
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SNAKE — snake n AmE sl 1. Her boyfriend, a notorious snake, has done her dirt Красавец-парень, с которым она встречалась, подложил …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOOP — I 1. сущ. 1) обод, обруч to roll a hoop ≈ катать обруч Syn : rim, felloe 2) ворота (в …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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