So an overwhelming vote (9 out of 20) for the right answer, number 4 it was.
Liripoop (or liripipe, as maverick remembered) according to Chambers, is a long appendage, attached to the end of a hood.
I came across the word in its liripipe form, in the UK Saturday Times jumbo crossword about two weeks ago. Having constructed the word from the clue, I had to look up its meaning.
Since a lot of you knew the word, I have visions of you all at your desks idly toying with your liripoops .
Congratulations for your ingenuity in the definitions and your restraint, I had expected some guano definitions.
My gratitude to mariana for choosing my own false definition, I have doubled your points for this round .
My public apologies to Bobyounbalt for inadvertently leaving his entry out of the list, he gets my point from mariana! (* in table)
I decided to throw technology at the scoring so here is the spreadsheet.

Current Protests:
1) The Americans have been disqualified for passing the baton too early
2) The SouthernHemisphereans have been disqualified for celebrating their victory too early

Any other protests to me with bribes as usual.
Hogwash #12 will appear shortly.
Rod
		Prev			Guessed	Round   Total
Name		Total	Entry	Guess	By	Points 	#11
Moderator		4		9	0	
Bingley		20	9	6	0	0	20
tswum		18	6	4	3	5	23
Jazzoctopus	17	5		0	0	17
squid		16	10	4	3	5	21
Sparteye	14		11	0	0	14
paulb		14			0	0	14
wordcrazy	13		6	0	0	13
Geoff		13			0	0	13
Flatlander	12	8	7	0	0	12
rodward		11	12		1	1*	11
maverick	11	7	4	2	4	15
WhitmanO'Neill	10	11	7	1	1	11
caradea		9	3		0	0	9
Hyla		8		4	0	1	9
Rapunzel	7	2	4	0	2	9
jimthedog	6		10	0	0	6
fiberbabe	5		1	0	0	5
marianna	5		12	0	0x3	5
wwh		3			0	0	3
RhubarbCommando	3		4	0	1	4
Avy		3		10	0	0	3
VernonCompton	2			0	0	2
Bobyoungbalt	2	0	10	0	0*	3
Jackie		2			0	0	2
Faldage		2			0	0	2
Brandon		1	1	4	1	3	4
AlexWilliams	1			0	0	1
frmPennsylvania	1			0	0	1
freckled_snout	1			0	0	1
Juanmaria	0.5			0	0	0.5
wordcrazy	0		6	0	0	0
MaxQuordlepleen	0		4	0	1	1
nuntius		0		4	0	1	1