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HOOQ
HOOQ was a Singapore-based video streaming service launched in 2015 as a joint venture of Singtel, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros., serving five Asian markets before closing in 2020.
Hoor Al-Qasimi
Hoor Al-Qasimi (حور القاسمي, born 1980), Emirati curator and daughter of Sharjah's ruler; President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation (founded 2009) and Sharjah Biennial director since 2003; ArtReview Power 100 first place 2024; Aichi Triennale 2025 and Sydney Biennale 2026.
Hooray for Boobies
Hooray for Boobies, the third studio album by American comedy rock band Bloodhound Gang, released 1999-2000 on Geffen; sold over 4 million copies, peaked at 14 on the Billboard 200, and featured the hit single The Bad Touch.
Hoosac Tunnel
The Hoosac Tunnel, also called the Hoosac Railroad Tunnel, is a 4.75-mile railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range in Massachusetts, built between 1851 and 1875.
Hoosen Coovadia
Hoosen Coovadia, known as Jerry, was a South African pediatrician and HIV researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal whose work on preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission changed clinical practice across Africa, and who opposed AIDS denialism.
Hoosier
Hoosier: demonym for a native or resident of Indiana and nickname of Indiana University's teams. In general use since the 1830s; origin uncertain, with Dunn's Cumberland 'hoozer' hill-dweller theory and Smith's 1830 Ohio River boatmen thesis as leading accounts.
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit generation and transmission electric cooperative headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, founded by farmers in 1949 to provide affordable wholesale power to 17 member cooperatives serving more than 700,000 consumers.
Hoosier hysteria
Hoosier Hysteria is Indiana's statewide obsession with basketball, centered on the IHSAA high school tournament (first held 1911, Crawfordsville champion). Known for the single-class era, the 1954 Milan Miracle, Crispus Attucks, and the 1997-98 shift to four classes.
Hoosiers (film)
Hoosiers is a 1986 American sports drama written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh, loosely inspired by the 1954 Milan Indians' Indiana state basketball title; Gene Hackman stars as coach Norman Dale of the fictional Hickory Huskers.
Hoot (film)
Hoot is a 2006 American family comedy, also called Hoot the movie, adapted from Carl Hiaasen's 2002 Newbery Honor novel. Directed by Wil Shriner, produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett, it earned 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and $8.1 million.
Hootenanny
Hootenanny: an informal folk-music gathering popularized by Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie; earlier a gadget word (1927), first used musically in 1940 Seattle, later an ABC TV series (1963-64).
Hooters
Hooters is an American restaurant chain founded in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, selling chicken wings, seafood, and beer, known for its "Hooters Girl" waitresses and owl-themed brand.
Hooters Air
Hooters Air, also known as Hooters Airlines, was a short-lived American airline founded in 2003 by Hooters chairman Robert Brooks, known for having two Hooters waitresses on every flight.
Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish, American rock band from the University of South Carolina (Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld); 1994 debut Cracked Rear View sold over 16 million US copies and won two Grammys.
Hootie Frutti
Hootie Frutti is a 2026 song by KATSEYE, title track of the WILD EP (HYBE/Geffen), built on Brazilian funk-phonk production and repeated 'hootie frutti' chants; it debuted at No. 31 on the Hot 100.
Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a Canadian social media management platform headquartered in Vancouver. Founded in 2008, it lets organizations schedule posts, engage audiences, and measure performance across networks.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a 726-foot concrete dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, completed in 1936, impounding Lake Mead and generating hydroelectric power.
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution is an American public policy think tank at Stanford University, founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919 and widely described as conservative or right-leaning.
Hoover Medal
The Hoover Medal is a gold medal awarded to an engineer for great, unselfish, non-technical services to humanity, established in 1929 and first presented in 1930 to Herbert Hoover, mining engineer and 31st US President.
Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic is a Belgian pop band formed in 1995 (originally Hoover), led by Alex Callier and Raymond Geerts; known for trip-hop-to-orchestral evolution, "Mad About You", and Belgium's 2021 Eurovision entry "The Wrong Place".
Hooverville
Hooverville: Depression-era American shanty towns named mockingly after President Herbert Hoover; term coined by Charles Michelson in 1930. Largest was the Bonus Army's Camp Marks (15,000+); Seattle's nine-acre camp lasted 1931-1941.
Hoovie's Garage
Hoovie's Garage (Hoovies Garage) is Tyler Hoover's Wichita, Kansas automotive YouTube channel about buying cheap broken cars, the Hooptie Fleet, the Car Wizard, Car Issues TV, and The Hooptie Lot dealership.
Hop (film)
Hop is a 2011 American live-action/animated Easter comedy directed by Tim Hill for Illumination and Universal Pictures, following the Easter Bunny's teenage son E.B., who runs away to Hollywood to become a drummer.
Hop (합) (mixtape)
Hop (합, 合 (HOP)) is Stray Kids' first SKZHOP HIPTAPE mixtape, released December 13, 2024 by JYP Entertainment: 12 tracks, 34 minutes, lead single "Walkin on Water," Tablo feature on "U," and eight member solos.
Hop beta acids
Hop beta acids (lupulone, colupulone, adlupulone) are bitter resins of Humulus lupulus cones, less bitter and less water-soluble than alpha acids, with strong antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and GRAS status (GRN 63) for meat products.
Hop bitter acids
Hop bitter acids are prenylated acylphloroglucinol secondary metabolites of the hop plant (Humulus lupulus), divided into alpha-acids such as humulone and beta-acids such as lupulone.
Hop-A-Jet Flight 823
Hop-A-Jet Flight 823 (Ace Aviation Services) was a Part 135 charter flight in a Bombardier Challenger 604, N823KD, that lost both GE CF34-3B engines to corrosion-related compressor stalls on approach to Naples, Florida, on February 9, 2024, crash-landed on Interstate 75, and killed both pilots.
Hopaebeop
Hopaebeop (호패법, 號牌法) was a Joseon law requiring all males aged 16 and above to carry identity tags, first fully implemented in 1413 under Taejong.
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy, fictional cowboy created by Clarence E. Mulford in 1904, sanitized on screen by William Boyd in 66 films (1935-1948) and the first TV Western (NBC, June 24, 1949), with horse Topper and a $70 million merchandising peak.
Hopane
Hopane is a stable pentacyclic hydrocarbon with formula C₃₀H₅₂, the geologic degradation product of bacterial hopanoid lipids and a key biomarker used in oil correlation, maturity assessment, and oil spill fingerprinting.