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hoop
Found in thesaurus: frame, underframe, skeletal frame, skeleton, band, croquet equipment, goal, basketball equipment, gird, encircle
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hoop
v.
encircle, surround; make a basket; make a slam dunk (Basketball)
n.
circular band made from metal or other stiff material; object which has a circular or ring-like shape
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Hoop
Hoop may refer to:
- A hoop is the metal ring on a barrel
- Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics) is one apparatus in rhythmic gymnastics
- Hoop (magazine), an American basketball magazine
- Hoop (surname)
- "Hoops" (song), a 1996 song by Ruby
- Hoops (video game), a 1989 basketball video game
- Hooping, a modern subculture revolving around hoopdance
- Basketball, also referred to as Hoops
- Celtic F.C., nicknamed the Hoops
- Shamrock Rovers F.C., nicknamed the Hoops
- Queens Park Rangers, nicknamed the Hoops
- Shamrock Rovers Hoops, an Irish basketball club
- HOOPS 3D Graphics System, a 3D Graphics API, part of The HOOPS 3D Application Framework
- Sphincter, a colloquial term for the anatomical structure, a circular muscle
- Hoops album by The Rubens, 2015
- Hoops song by The Rubens, 2015
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hoop
Noun
1. a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
(hypernym) skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
(hyponym) farthingale
(part-holonym) hoopskirt, crinoline
2. 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"
(synonym) ring
(hypernym) band
(hyponym) carabiner, karabiner, snap ring
(part-holonym) wagon wheel
3. a small arch used as croquet equipment
(synonym) wicket
(hypernym) croquet equipment
4. horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
(synonym) basket, basketball hoop
(hypernym) goal
Verb
1. bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"
(hypernym) gird, encircle
(derivation) ring
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hoop (de)
n.
heap, pile, mound; hope, anticipation, wish; crowd, public; large amount
hopen
v.
hope, trust; wish, anticipate, expect
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hoop
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