hoop

hoop
hoopless, adj.hooplike, adj.
/hoohp, hoop/, n.
1. a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
2. such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.
3. a large ring of iron, wood, plastic, etc., used as a plaything for a child to roll along the ground.
4. a circular or ringlike object, part, figure, etc.
5. the shank of a finger ring.
6. Croquet. a wicket.
7. a circular band of stiff material used to expand and display a woman's skirt.
8. See hoop skirt.
9. Basketball Informal.
a. the metal ring from which the net is suspended; rim.
b. the metal ring and net taken together; the basket.
c. the game of basketball.
10. a decorative band, as around a mug or cup.
11. See hoop iron.
v.t.
12. to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop or hoops.
13. to encircle; surround.
[1125-75; ME hope, hoop, late OE hop; c. D hoep]

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toy
      circular toy adaptable to many games, children's and adults', probably the most ubiquitous of the world's toys, after the ball. The ancient Greeks advocated hoop rolling as a beneficial exercise for those not very strong. It was also used as a toy by both Greek and Roman children, as graphic representations indicate. Most of these ancient hoops were of metal. Most later hoops were of wood, though occasionally fitted with metal tires, as in the hoop-rolling-fad days of 19th-century England and the United States. North American Indians used the hoop as a target in teaching accuracy of throwing to the young. Adult Eskimos played a game that involved throwing poles through a rolling hoop.

      Bowling a hoop along the ground or a sidewalk or street was done with a stick, called a skimmer, or with the hand. In addition to being rolled, hoops can be thrown (quoits), spun, or used as a target (basketball). Hoop playground games include hoop-catch, stepping through hoops (used in training by American football players, with automobile tires as hoops), spear the hoop, and hoop-flicking (spinning). In the late 1950s, the hula-hoop craze had millions, children and adults, stepping into plastic hoops and attempting to keep them revolving around their waists by swiveling their hips.

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  • Hoop — Hoop, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • hoop — [ho͞op; ] also [ hoop] n. [ME < OE hop, akin to Du hoep, OFris hop, prob. < IE * keub < base * keu , to bend, curve > Lith kabė̃, a hook] 1. a circular band or ring for holding together the staves of a barrel, cask, etc. 2. anything… …   English World dictionary

  • hoop — [hu:p US hup, hu:p] n [: Old English; Origin: hop] 1.) a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etc 2.) a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that ↑circus animals are made to jump through 3.) a) the ring that you have to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Hoop — Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hooping}.] 1. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. [1913 Webster] 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hoop — Hoop, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. {Whoop}.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Hoop — Hoop, v. t. [Written also whoop.] 1. To drive or follow with a shout. To be hooped out of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a shout or peculiar cry. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hoop — Hoop, n. 1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The hoopoe. See {Hoopoe}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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