hoop (h p, h p)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 wooden or metal frames 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 or as if with a hoop. 2. To encircle. jump/go through the hoop To undergo a rigorous trial or examination. [Middle English hop.] |
hoop
Noun
1. a rigid circular band of metal, plastic, or wood
2. a child's toy shaped like a hoop and rolled on the ground or whirled around the body
3. Croquet any of the iron arches through which the ball is driven
4. a large ring through which performers or animals jump
5. go or be put through the hoops to go through an ordeal or test
Verb
to surround (something) with a hoop [Old English hōp]
hooped adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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" |
hoop
Translations
n hoop [huːp]
a thin ring of metal, wood etc At the circus we saw a dog jumping through a hoop. hoepel طَوْق رَقيق обръч obruč tøndebånd der Reifen στεφάνη aro võru حلقه vanne cerceau חִישוּק छल्ला, चक्करदार पट्टी obruc, kolut karika simpai gjörð cerchio 輪 (금속·나무 등으로 만든) 테 lankas, žiedas stīpa gelung hoepel (rokke)ring, bøyle, tønnebånd koło, obręcz arco inel, cerc обруч obruč obroč obruč tunnband, ring ห่วง çember, kasnak 箍,鐵環 обруч, обід دھات کی گول پتری vòng xiếc 箍,铁环
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