noun
1.
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
2.
such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.
3.
a large ring of iron, wood, plastic, etc., used as a plaything for a child to roll along the ground.
4.
a circular or ringlike object, part, figure, etc.
5.
the shank of a finger ring.
6.
Croquet. a wicket.
7.
a circular band of stiff material used to expand and display a woman's skirt.
8.
9.
Basketball Informal.
a.
the metal ring from which the net is suspended; rim.
b.
the metal ring and net taken together; the basket.
c.
the game of basketball.
10.
a decorative band, as around a mug or cup.
11.
verb (used with object)
12.
to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops.
13.
to encircle; surround.
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Origin:
1125–75; Middle English hope, hoop, late Old English hōp; cognate with Dutch hoep
1125–75; Middle English hope, hoop, late Old English hōp; cognate with Dutch hoep
Related forms
hoop·less, adjective
hoop·like, adjective
un·hooped, adjective
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hoop1 (huːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rigid circular band of metal or wood |
| 2. | something resembling this |
| 3. | a. a band of iron that holds the staves of a barrel or cask together |
| b. (as modifier): hoop iron | |
| 4. | a child's toy shaped like a hoop and rolled on the ground or whirled around the body |
| 5. | croquet any of the iron arches through which the ball is driven |
| 6. | a. a light curved frame to spread out a skirt |
| b. (as modifier): a hoop skirt; a hoop petticoat | |
| 7. | basketball the round metal frame to which the net is attached to form the basket |
| 8. | a large ring through which performers or animals jump |
| 9. | jewellery |
| a. an earring consisting of one or more circles of metal, plastic, etc | |
| b. the part of a finger ring through which the finger fits | |
| 10. | informal (Austral) a jockey |
| 11. | go through the hoop, be put through the hoop to be subjected to an ordeal |
| —vb | |
| 12. | (tr) to surround with or as if with a hoop |
| [Old English hōp; related to Dutch hoep, Old Norse hōp bay, Lithuanian kabẽ hook] | |
| hooped1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'hooplike1 | |
| —adj | |
| hoop2 (huːp) | |
| —n, —vb | |
| a variant spelling of whoop | |
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Word Origin & History
hoop
c.1175, from O.E. *hop, from P.Gmc. *khopa-, a Low Ger.-Frisian word (cf. O.Fris. hop, Du. hoep "hoop," O.N. hop "a small bay"). Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
hoop
circular toy adaptable to many games, children's and adults', probably the most ubiquitous of the world's toys, after the ball. The ancient Greeks advocated hoop rolling as a beneficial exercise for those not very strong. It was also used as a toy by both Greek and Roman children, as graphic representations indicate. Most of these ancient hoops were of metal. Most later hoops were of wood, though occasionally fitted with metal tires, as in the hoop-rolling-fad days of 19th-century England and the United States. North American Indians used the hoop as a target in teaching accuracy of throwing to the young. Adult Eskimos played a game that involved throwing poles through a rolling hoop.
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Example sentences
They found that a double split ring, one metallic hoop nestled inside the other, worked even better than a single ring.
They played in the driveway, where there was a basketball hoop attached to the garage.
Then he began dunking a basketball into a six-foot hoop, nearby.
There are only so many ways you can describe going to the hoop or making a jump shot.
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