hoop

v. encircle, surround; make a basket; make a slam dunk (Basketball)

n. circular band made from metal or other stiff material; object which has a circular or ring-like shape

A hoop is an object in the form of a circular band (resembling a geometrical torus or toroid). Hoops are made of various materials in various sizes for various uses:hoop skirts are constructed with hoops to hold the fabric of the garment away from the wearer's legs in a fashionable shapehoop rolling is an ancient game played with a hoopThe Hoop is one apparatus in Rhythmic GymnasticsA hula hoop is a toy, typically made of plastic, twirled around the waist of its user whose hips must gyrate in a manner similar to some forms of hula dancing in order to keep the hoop aloftIn croquet, a hoop of sturdy metal wire planted in the ground forms the wicket through which the balls must pass
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Noun
1. a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
(hypernym) skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
(hyponym) farthingale
(part-holonym) hoopskirt, crinoline
2. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
(synonym) ring
(hypernym) band
(hyponym) carabiner, karabiner, snap ring
(part-holonym) wagon wheel
3. a small arch used as croquet equipment
(synonym) wicket
(hypernym) croquet equipment
4. horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
(synonym) basket, basketball hoop
(hypernym) goal
Verb
1. bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"
(hypernym) gird, encircle
(derivation) ring

n. heap, pile, mound; hope, anticipation, wish; crowd, public; large amount

v. hope, trust; wish, anticipate, expect

(v. t.)
To drive or follow with a shout.
  

(v. t.)
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
  

(v. t.)
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
  

(v. t.)
To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.
  

(v. i.)
To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
  

(v. i.)
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  

(n.)
The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.
  

(n.)
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  

(n.)
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  

(n.)
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.