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hoopman

American

[hoop-muhn, hoop-] / ˈhup mən, ˈhʊp- /

noun

Sports Slang.

a basketball player.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

hoopmen

plural

Etymology

Origin of hoopman

1680–90 for sense “acrobat”; hoop + -man

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