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See more synonyms for hoop on Thesaurus.com a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material. such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc. a large ring of iron, wood, plastic, etc., used as a plaything for a child to roll along the ground. a circular or ringlike object, part, figure, etc. the shank of a finger ring. Croquet a wicket. a circular band of stiff material used to expand and display a woman's skirt. hoop skirt . Basketball Informal the metal ring from which the net is suspended; rim. the metal ring and net taken together; the basket. the game of basketball. a decorative band, as around a mug or cup. hoop iron .Show More
to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops. to encircle; surround. Show More
Origin of hoop 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for hoop Contemporary Examples of hoop Hoop skirts of the Civil War era relaxed into flowing, streamlined gowns.
Directed by fellow Chicagoan Steve James ( Hoop Dreams), Life Itself is a worthy tribute to the most popular film critic ever.
She sits polished in a hip yet age-appropriate (age-defying, really, for 76 ) leather jacket, and hoop earrings.
Then the second hoop is the profession, then industry, then finally society at large.
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, Hoop Dreams, which was essential to its success.
Historical Examples of hoop Nor did her hips want the assistance of a hoop to extend them.
In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.
Put it into your hoop , and leave it in the oven an hour and a quarter.
The Iroquois had shields of hide stretched on hoop for defensive armor.
The blacksmith was swinging along the road, with a hoop over his shoulder.
British Dictionary definitions for hoop a rigid circular band of metal or wood something resembling this a band of iron that holds the staves of a barrel or cask together (as modifier ) hoop iron a child's toy shaped like a hoop and rolled on the ground or whirled around the body croquet any of the iron arches through which the ball is driven a light curved frame to spread out a skirt (as modifier ) a hoop skirt ; a hoop petticoat basketball the round metal frame to which the net is attached to form the basket a large ring through which performers or animals jump jewellery an earring consisting of one or more circles of metal, plastic, etc the part of a finger ring through which the finger fits Australian informal a jockey go through the hoop or be put through the hoop to be subjected to an ordeal Show More
(tr) to surround with or as if with a hoop Show More
Derived Forms hooped , adjective hooplike , adjective Word Origin for hoop Old English hōp; related to Dutch hoep, Old Norse hōp bay, Lithuanian kabẽ hook
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Word Origin and History for hoop n. late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop , from Proto-Germanic *hopa- , a Low German-Frisian word (cf. Old Frisian hop , Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper , literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.
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