[hoop, hoo
p] 
| 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. | hoop skirt. |
| 9. | Basketball Informal.
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| 10. | a decorative band, as around a mug or cup. |
| 11. | hoop iron. |
| 12. | to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops. |
| 13. | to encircle; surround. |