hoop

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

hoops

1.
(countable, uncountable)A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Any circular band or ring.
the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
gymnastic hoop
a hoop between trees
3.
(countable, uncountable)A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
4.
(countable, historical, uncountable)(now chiefly historical) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
5.
(countable, uncountable)A quart-pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
6.
(UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable)An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
7.
(countable, uncountable)(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.
8.
(US, countable, in plural, metonymically, uncountable)(US, in the plural, metonymic) The game of basketball.
9.
(countable, uncountable)A hoop earring.
10.
(countable, plural normally, uncountable)(sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.
11.
(Australia, broadly, countable, metonymically, slang, uncountable)(Australia, metonymic, slang, by extension) A jockey.
12.
(countable, figuratively, plural normally, uncountable)(figurative, usually in the plural) An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.

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verb

V_es/s

hoops

V_ing/Gerund

hooping

V_ed/pp

hooped

1.
(transitive)To bind or fasten using a hoop.
to hoop a barrel or puncheon
2.
(transitive)To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
3.
(intransitive, slang)To play basketball.
4.
(dated)To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
5.
(dated)To whoop, as in whooping cough.

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From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (mound, raised land; in combination, circular object), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (bend, bow, arch) (compare Houp, hoep, hóp), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (to bend) (compare kabė, кѫпъ). More at camp.