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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.
EXPANDthe 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.
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.
COLLAPSEverb (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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Hoops
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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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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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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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