plural of hoping

A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.

A small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.

plural of hope chest

The optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.

plural of forlorn hope

plural of hopeful monster

(evolutionary theory) An organism exhibiting a significant mutation that may form a new lineage according to macromutation theory.

One who remains hopeful in spite of circumstances that seem hopeless.

Ellipsis of great white hope.