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hoop
[ hoop, hoop ]
noun
- a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.
- a large ring of iron, wood, plastic, etc., used as a plaything for a child to roll along the ground.
- a circular or ringlike object, part, figure, etc.
- Jewelry. the shank of a finger ring.
- Croquet. a wicket.
- a circular band of stiff material used to expand and display a woman's skirt.
- Basketball Informal.
- the metal ring from which the net is suspended; rim.
- the metal ring and net taken together; the basket.
- the game of basketball.
- a decorative band, as around a mug or cup.
verb (used with object)
- to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops.
- to encircle; surround.
hoop
1/ ː /
noun
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood
- something resembling this
- a band of iron that holds the staves of a barrel or cask together
- ( as modifier )
hoop iron
- a child's toy shaped like a hoop and rolled on the ground or whirled around the body
- croquet any of the iron arches through which the ball is driven
- a light curved frame to spread out a skirt
- ( as modifier )
a hoop skirt
a hoop petticoat
- basketball the round metal frame to which the net is attached to form the basket
- a large ring through which performers or animals jump
- jewellery
- an earring consisting of one or more circles of metal, plastic, etc
- the part of a finger ring through which the finger fits
- informal.a jockey
- go through the hoop or be put through the hoopto be subjected to an ordeal
verb
- tr to surround with or as if with a hoop
hoop
2/ ː /
noun
- a variant spelling of whoop
Derived Forms
- ˈǴDZˌ, adjective
- hooped, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǴDZl adjective
- ǴDZl adjective
- ܲ·ǴDZ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hoop1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hoop1
Idioms and Phrases
see jump through hoops .Example Sentences
A basketball hoop, at which students often shoot competitively at the behest of Carroll, sits at the front of the auditorium beneath video displays showing his “Win Forever” pyramid.
That was his mantra the entire season, a pledge filled with the respectful humility that framed his image into that of a likable kid who was just here to hoop.
“I just have to jump through hoops and prove that it’s mine.”
The women’s basketball team’s success extends a historic season for the school’s hoops programs.
In your previous book "Obstacle Course," you wrote about the hoops that women have had to go through to get abortions, even in the pre-Dobbs era.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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