hoople
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9.9
- noun
- Offensive
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idiota (ofensivo)
- She felt like a hoople after realizing the story was just a joke.
Examples
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He's acting like a complete hoople today.
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Don't be such a hoople!
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Everyone laughed when he called himself a hoople for falling for the old trick.
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Don't be such a hoople—check the facts before you believe everything you hear.
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Don't be such a hoople; you shouldn't believe everything you hear.
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He always gets cheated in business because he's a bit of a hoople.
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The car salesman tricked him; he's a real hoople when it comes to deals.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked
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8.2
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked into believing false things
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked or fooled
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9.9
A person who behaves foolishly and cannot be trusted
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9.9
A man who is ordinary and not very smart
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A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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9.9
A person who trusts others too easily and gets tricked
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9.9
An old word for a person who is easily tricked
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9.1
A person who is easily fooled and trusts others too much
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
A foolish person who is easily tricked
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves carelessly and speaks without thinking
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hoople comes from local slang as a playful name for a 'foolish' or easily fooled person. A helpful way to remember it is that it sounds like people with a little ho- at the front, so picture someone acting like a silly 'person'—that's why hoople means a foolish or easily deceived person.