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Hoople

Hoople

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A name that people in the same family share
  • proper noun
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  • I met a woman named Sarah Hoople at the event last night.
  • Hoople Mott

Examples

  • The Hoople family has lived in this town for generations.

  • The Hoople name is well-known in the local community.

  • Why do you hate the residents of Hoople, ND?

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  • Is it you or your program that so hates the residents of Hoople, ND?

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  • Posted by hoople at 6:37 AM on December 23, 2010.

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  • David Bowie, Queen, The Village People, Mott the Hoople, and so on.

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  • We didn't realize what a stabilizing influence he was until that Chilean earthquake hit and moved Hoople all the way into northern South Dakota.

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Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hoople is a family name that probably started as a place name, used for people who came from a small valley or an 'enclosed' place. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the English word hoop, a ring that 'encloses', so Hoople points back to where a family once lived.