Definitions for HOOP
hup, hʊphoop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. hoopnoun

   a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

2. hoop, ringnoun

   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"

3. wicket, hoopnoun

   a small arch used as croquet equipment

4. basket, basketball hoop, hoopverb

   horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

5. hoopverb

   bind or fasten with a hoop

   "hoop vats"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoopnoun

   A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

2. hoopnoun

   The game of basketball.

3. hoopnoun

   A hoop earring.

4. hoopnoun

   A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.

5. hoopverb

   To fasten using a hoop.

6. Hoopnoun

   someone connected with Queens Park Rangers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

7. Etymology: From hoop, hoope, from hop, from hōpan (compare Dutch hoep), from kāb- (compare Lithuanian kabė, Old Church Slavic). More at camp.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOOPnoun

   Etymology: hoep, Dutch.

   1. Any thing circular by which something else is bound, particularly casks or barrels.

   Thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friends,
   A hoop of gold to bind thy brothers in,
   That the united vessel of their blood
   Shall never leak. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   If I knew
   What hoop would hold us staunch, from edge to edge
   O’ th’ world I would pursue it. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopat.

   A quarrel, ho, already! what’s the matter?
   —— About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.

   To view so lewd a town, and to refrain,
   What hoops of iron could my spleen contain! John Dryden, Juven.

   And learned Athens to our art must stoop,
   Could she behold us tumbling through a hoop. Alexander Pope.

   2 . The whalebone with which women extend their petticoats; a farthingale.

   A petticoat without a hoop. Jonathan Swift.

   At coming in you saw her stoop;
   The entry brush’d against her hoop. Jonathan Swift.

   All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes, and to keep fellows at distance. Samuel Richardson.

   3 . Any thing circular.

   I have seen at Rome an antique statue of time, with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

2. To Hoopverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To bind or enclose with hoops.

   The three hoop’d pot shall have ten hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. ii.

   The cask for his majesty’s shipping were hooped as a winecask, or hooped with iron. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   2. To encircle; to clasp; to surround.

   If ever henceforth thou
   Shalt hoop his body more with thy embraces,
   I will devise a death. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   I hoop the firmament, and make
   This my embrace the zodiack. John Cleveland.

   That shelly guard, which hoops in the eye, and hides the greater part of it, might occasion his mistake. Nehemiah Grew, Mus.

3. To Hoopverb

   1. To drive with a shout.

   Dastard nobles
   Suffer’d me, by th’ voice of slaves, to be
   Hoop’d out of Rome. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. To call by a shout.

4. To Hoopverb

   To shout; to make an outcry by way of call or pursuit.

   Etymology: from wopgan or wopyan, Gothick; or houpper, French, derived from the Gothick.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoop

   A hoop is a circular band, typically made of metal, plastic, or wood, that has a variety of uses. It can be an object for play, exercise or performance, such as a hula hoop or a hoop used in circus acts. In sports like basketball, a hoop refers to the circular band into which the ball is thrown to score points. Additionally, a hoop can be an accessory or piece of jewelry, like a hoop earring. Hoops can also be used in garment construction, such as in hoop skirts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoopnoun

   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

2. Hoopnoun

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

3. Hoopnoun

   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

4. Hoopnoun

   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

5. Hoopnoun

   an old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks

6. Hoopverb

   to bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon

7. Hoopverb

   to clasp; to encircle; to surround

8. Hoopverb

   to utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout

9. Hoopverb

   to whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop

10. Hoopverb

    to drive or follow with a shout

11. Hoopverb

    to call by a shout or peculiar cry

12. Hoopnoun

    a shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough

13. Hoopnoun

    the hoopoe. See Hoopoe

14. Etymology: [Written also whoop.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoop

   A hoop is an apparatus in rhythmic gymnastics and may be made of plastic or wood, provided that it retains its shape during the routine. The interior diameter is from 51 to 90 cm, and the hoop must weigh a minimum of 300g. The hoop may be of a natural colour or be partially of fully covered by one or several colours, and it may be covered with adhesive tape either of the same or different colour as the hoop. Fundamental requirements of a hoop routine include rotation around the hand or body and rolling, as well as swings, circles, throws, and passes through and over the hoop. Many of the techniques of rhythmic gymnastics have been adopted by the modern hooping community.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoop

   hōōp, n. a pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring or band, for holding together the staves of casks, &c.: something resembling such: a large ring of wood or metal for a child to trundle: a ring: (pl.) elastic materials used to expand the skirt of a lady's dress.—v.t. to bind with hoops: to encircle.—ns. Hoop′-ash, a kind of ash much used for making hoops (same as Nettle-tree); Hooped′-pot, a drinking-pot with hoops to mark the amount each man should drink; Hoop′er, one who hoops casks: a cooper. [A.S. hóp; Dut. hoep.]

2. Hoop

   hōōp, v.i. to call out.—n. Hoop′er, the wild swan. [Whoop.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoop

   The principal hoops of different kinds used for nautical purposes, are noticed under their several names, as mast-hoops, clasp-hoops, &c. In wind-bound ships in former times the left hands of several boys were tied to a hoop, and their right armed with a nettle, they being naked down to the waist. On the boatswain giving one a cut with his cat, the boy struck the one before him, and each one did the same, beginning gently, but, becoming irritated, they at last laid on in earnest. Also, a nautical punishment for quarrelsome fighters was, that two offenders, similarly fastened, thrashed each other until one gave in. The craven was usually additionally punished by the commander.

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1. HOOP

   What does HOOP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HOOP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOOP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hoop is ranked #28829 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hoop surname appeared 825 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hoop.
   
   93.7% or 773 total occurrences were White.
   2.9% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
   1.3% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Croquet Equipment
   • Encircle
   • Skeleton

Anagrams for HOOP »

1. phoo

2. Pooh

3. pooh

How to pronounce HOOP?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HOOP in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HOOP in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HOOP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of HOOP in a Sentence

1. Tyrese Haliburton:

   The whole week’s been crazy, but what can you do ? you’ve just got to go out there and hoop.

2. David Cox:

   The tools used to shape the staves and bind them with the hoop( haven't changed much)... It's still a hand-crafted business.

3. Barbara Bush:

   The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

4. Angela Presnell -LRB- @lilhoopgirl -RRB-:

   It's like the hoop is just floating in one circle while your hands are doing all the work.

5. Jrue Holiday:

   It's contagious, the ball has energy. Pushing the pace and seeing the ball go through the hoop, the hoop just grows and gets bigger. From there, I feel like the pressure kind of falls off your shoulders, the weight kind of falls and you just let it go and let it shoot.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HOOP
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoop
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=HOOP
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HOOP
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HOOP
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=HOOP
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=HOOP
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html