often attributive
1
: a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything
2
a
: a circular figure or object : ring
b
: the rim of a basketball goal
broadly
: the entire goal
3
: a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt
4
: basketball
—usually used in plural
hooped; hooping; hoops
: to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop
hooper
noun
Examples of hoop in a Sentence
Noun
made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
Cowboy boots, a leather jacket, hoop earrings and rectangular frames topped off Hadid’s look.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Nov. 2024
Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
And while Harjo, best known as the co-creator of Reservation Dogs, grew up in Oklahoma mostly playing football, Freeland has experience hooping on a Navajo reservation, just like the students in their story.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 8 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Within a year of The Grey Album going viral, Jay-Z and Linkin Park had elevated its concept, jumped through all the necessary legal hoops, and primed it for big business.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
Cowboy boots, a leather jacket, hoop earrings and rectangular frames topped off Hadid’s look.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
Joan took a tour of the mansion with Pascal, hula hooped with first impression rose recipient Keith and spoke with Gil about the 2019 death of his wife.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
And while Harjo, best known as the co-creator of Reservation Dogs, grew up in Oklahoma mostly playing football, Freeland has experience hooping on a Navajo reservation, just like the students in their story.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Hoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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