hoop snake

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noun

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.

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Origin of hoop snake

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby hoop snake

hoopman, hoopoe, hoop-petticoat narcissus, hoop pine, hoop skirt, hoop snake, hoopster, hoorah, hooray, Hooray Henry, Hoorn

How to use hoop snake in a sentence

For these Arabs, Iran is the raised (and loaded) head of the snake.
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The black mamba snake slithering towards Lakshmi is highly venomous.
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Here the snake oil quotient is a bit more evident than in the skybox seats occupied by insights made using hard science.
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Hoop skirts of the Civil War era relaxed into flowing, streamlined gowns.
The Best-Dressed Way to Say Goodbye|Justin Jones|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Which of these foods have science to back them up, and which are nothing but snake oil?
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He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
On his loins was a lion of great fierceness, and coiled round his waist was a hissing mamba (snake).
Uncanny Tales|Various
This hoop must have been left by us last year at Careening Bay.
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So they bore Spotted Snake away with them in the canoe, while the Dogtown gang shrieked farewells from the old landing.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Dorothy again caught the furtive glance of the woman's evil eyes, and recoiled from it as if she had trodden upon a snake.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

British Dictionary definitions for hoop snake

hoop snake

noun

any of various North American snakes, such as the mud snake (Farancia abacura), that were formerly thought to hold the tail in the mouth and roll along like a hoop

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