Hoop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /huːp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hoop is a noun meaning A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
Meaning
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
More Meanings
- Any circular band or ring.
- A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (UK, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
- (basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.
- (US, in the plural, metonymic) The game of basketball.
- (now chiefly historical) 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.
- 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.
Example Sentences
gymnastic hoop
a hoop between trees
the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.
Word Forms
- hoops
- hooping
- hooped
Synonyms for hoop
Depending on context, synonyms include ring, basket, wicket.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include basket, ring, wicket, hub, hoof, annulus.
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