hooperating

noun or hooper rating \\|hu̇pəˈrād.]iŋ, |hüp-, -āt], ]ēŋ\ (-s)

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: after Claude E. Hooper died 1954 American statistician

: a percentage indication of the number of radios or television sets tuned to a particular program at a particular time

rain on a Sunday raises Hooperatings — Saul Carson

the most glamorous, high Hooperating show on the air — Frederic Wakeman