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hoop
a circular band of metal, wood, or other stiff material; the metal ring from which a basketball net is suspended; rim
Not to be confused with:
whoop – a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy; to cry as an owl or a crane
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hoop
(ho͞op, ho͝op)n.
1. A circular band of metal or wood put around a cask or barrel to bind the staves together.
2. A large wooden, plastic, or metal ring, especially one used as a plaything or for trained animals to jump through.
3. One of the lightweight circular supports for a hoop skirt.
4. A circular, ringlike earring.
5. One of a pair of circular frames, usually of wood or plastic, used to hold material taut for embroidery or similar needlework.
6. Basketball
a. The basket.
b. A field goal: hit a big hoop.
c. also hoops The game of basketball.
7. Sports A croquet wicket.
tr.v. hooped, hoop·ing, hoops
Idiom: 1. To hold together or support with a hoop.
2. To encircle.
jump/go through the hoop
To undergo a rigorous trial or examination.
[Middle English hop.]
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hoop
(huːp)n
1. (Tools) a rigid circular band of metal or wood
2. something resembling this
3. (Tools)
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) croquet any of the iron arches through which the ball is driven
6. (Clothing & Fashion)
a. a light curved frame to spread out a skirt
b. (as modifier): a hoop skirt; a hoop petticoat.
7. (Basketball) 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) 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. (Horse Racing) informal Austral a jockey
11. go through the hoop be put through the hoop to be subjected to an ordeal
vb
(tr) to surround with or as if with a hoop
[Old English hōp; related to Dutch hoep, Old Norse hōp bay, Lithuanian kabẽ hook]
hooped adj
ˈhoopˌlike adj
hoop
(huːp)n, vb
a variant spelling of whoop
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hoop
(hup, hʊp)n.
1. a rigid circular band or ring, as of metal or wood.
2. such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.
3. a large ring, as of metal or plastic, serving as a toy for a child to roll along the ground.
4. a circular or ringlike object, part, or figure.
5. the shank of a finger ring.
6. a croquet wicket.
7.
a. a circular band of metal or other stiff material used to expand a woman's skirt.
b. Usu., hoops. hoop skirt (def. 1).
8.
v.t. a. the metal ring from which a basketball net is suspended, or the ring and net together.
b. Often, hoops. the game of basketball.
9. to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop.
10. to encircle; surround.
[1125–75; Middle English hop(e), late Old English hōp, c. Old Frisian hōp, Middle Dutch hoop]
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hoop
Past participle: hooped
Gerund: hooping
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| Noun | 1. | hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt farthingale - a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries pannier - set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips skeletal frame, underframe, skeleton, frame - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" |
| 2. | hoop - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) carabiner, karabiner, snap ring - an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes collar - a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part curtain ring - a circular ring for holding up a curtain key ring - a circular ring of metal for holding keys napkin ring - a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin nose ring - a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it rim - the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached rim - (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off" tire, tyre - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air" towel ring - a circular hoop for holding a towel wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon | |
| 3. | hoop - a small arch used as croquet equipment croquet equipment - sports equipment used in playing croquet | |
| 4. |  hoop - horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketballbasketball equipment - sports equipment used in playing basketball goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | |
| Verb | 1. | hoop - bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats" |
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hoop
noun ring, band, loop, wheel, round, girdle, circlet For hand sewing, use an embroidery hoop to keep the fabric taut.
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Translations
طَوْق رَقيق
obruč
tøndebånd
korisvannevannehtia
obruč
gjörî
stīpa
obruč
çemberkasnak
hoop
[huːp] N (gen) → aro m, argolla f; [of barrel] → fleje m; (= croquet hoop) → argolla fto put sb through the hoop → hacer pasar penas a algn
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hoop
n → Reifen m; (in croquet) → Tor nt; (in basketball) → Korb m; (on bird’s plumage) → Kranz m; (on animal) → Ring m; (= earring) → Creole f; to jump through hoops (fig inf) → sich (dat) → ein Bein ausreißen (inf); they put him through or made him jump through hoops (fig) → sie haben ihn auf Herz und Nieren geprüft
vt barrel → bereifen
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hoop
[huːp] n (gen) → cerchio; (for skirt) → guardinfante m; (croquet hoop) → archettoto put sb through the hoops (fig) → mettere qn sotto il torchio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hoop
(huːp) noun a thin ring of metal, wood etc. At the circus we saw a dog jumping through a hoop.
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