English Explanatory Dictionary

hoop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. Any circular band or ring.
  3. A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  7. The rim part of a basketball net.
  8. The game of basketball.
  9. A hoop earring.
  10. A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
  11. A jockey.
  12. An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
verb
  1. To bind or fasten using a hoop.
  2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
  3. To play basketball.
noun
  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  2. The hoopoe.
verb
  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough.
noun
  1. someone connected with Queens Park Rangers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Pronunciation

ho͞op /huːp/ EN-AU ck1 hoop.ogg /hʊp/

Word forms

hoop hoops hooping hooped

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.

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 roll hoop unhoop rehoop hooping cough hooper

Translations

Bulgarian: обръч
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