hoop
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
basketball
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.
Inflected forms:
form: hoops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hoops
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hooping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hooped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hooped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any circular band or ring.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
gymnastic hoop
a hoop between trees
gloss: A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.
The door of the room now flew open, and, after pushing in her hoop sideways before her, entered Lady Bellaston, who having first made a very low courtesy to Mrs Fitzpatrick, and as low a one to Mr Jones, was ushered to the upper end of the room.
gloss: A quart-pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: The rim part of a basketball net.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The game of basketball.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
in-plural
metonymically
uncountable
examples: Articles ranging from Chris Johnson's "For Europeans, hoops is the second-most beautiful game" for The Globe and Mail to Adam Minter's "China Is Hoops Country" for Bloomberg Opinion have detailed the rise in basketball in a wide range of countries, including the most populous ones in the world.
gloss: A hoop earring.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.
Tipperary v Clare: IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with the gold hoop.
gloss: A jockey.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
broadly
countable
metonymically
slang
uncountable
examples: The stewards ordered Des Coleman, the senior hoop (jockey) present, to ride and he got the horse home in a photo-finish.
gloss: An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: But if they want to export that, then they do have to go through several hoops that you will impose upon them.
Windows forces you to jump through several hoops before allowing you to delete a partition — and for good reason.
Although restrictions like prior authorization and step therapy may be of benefit in protecting people's health or even saving them money, most Medicare beneficiaries regard them as a hassle — just more hoops to go through to get the drugs they need.
So it looks certain that I will be returning to Australia, when at the last, I am offered a job by a London school that is willing to jump through the hoops involved to sponsor me for a visa.
gloss: Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A significant amount of swing from the bowler.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
gloss: An apparatus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An apparatus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
uncountable
gloss: To bind or fasten using a hoop.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to hoop a barrel or puncheon
gloss: To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [B]ehold the wretched price of Wales, / Hoopt with a bond of yron round about, […]
gloss: To play basketball.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: Instead of hooping, they now played tennis, golf, or both.
Wassup bro when you tryna hoop you wasting yo height
Derived words: barrel hoop
basketball hoop
cock-a-hoop
embroidery hoop
gathering hoop
go through hoops
hoop cheese
hoop hoe
hoop house
hoop jumper
hoopless
hooplike
hoop pine
hoop snake
hoopster
hoopstick
hoopy
hula-hoop
hula hoop
inhoop
jump through hoops
leap through hoops
nanohoop
put through hoops
put through the hoops
roll hoop
unhoop
rehoop
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: обръч
roman: obrǎč