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- Dictionaryhoop/huːp/
noun
- 1. a circular band of metal, wood, or similar material, especially one used for binding the staves of barrels or forming part of a framework.
- 2. a horizontal band of a contrasting colour on a sports shirt or jockey's cap.
verb
- 1. bind or encircle with or as with hoops: "a man was hooping a barrel"
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HOOP definition: 1. a ring of wood, metal, or plastic: 2. in basketball, a metal ring with an open net hanging from…. Learn more.
1. : a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything. 2. a. : a circular figure or object : ring. b. : the rim of a basketball goal. broadly: the entire goal. 3. : a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt. 4. : basketball—usually used in plural. hooplike.
Hoop definition: a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.. See examples of HOOP used in a sentence.
HOOP meaning: 1. a ring of wood, metal, or plastic: 2. in basketball, a metal ring with an open net hanging from…. Learn more.
A hoop is a large ring made of wood, metal, or plastic. 2. countable noun. In croquet, the hoops are the small metal arches which players hit the ball through. 3. countable noun. A basketball hoop is the ring that players try to throw the ball into in order to score points for their team. 4. See jump through hoops. More Synonyms of hoop.
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.
A hoop is a ring or circle made of some stiff material. Gardeners use hoops to support plants, and many people wear hoops around their wrists as bracelets. You can try to toss a basketball through a hoop, wear gold hoops as earrings, or sport an old fashioned hoop skirt, a flexible band that widens a petticoat and the skirt covering it.
Definition of hoop noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hoop definition: A circular band of metal or wood put around a cask or barrel to bind the staves together.
Hoop definition: . See examples of HOOP used in a sentence.
