Definitions of hoop [ʊp]

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Definition of 'hoop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hoop
a rigid circular band or ring, as of metal or wood.

2.  hoop
such a band for holding together the staves of a cask, tub, etc.

3.  hoop
a large ring, as of metal or plastic, serving as a toy for a child to roll along the ground.

4.  hoop
a circular or ringlike object, part, or figure.

5.  hoop
the shank of a finger ring.

6.  hoop
a croquet wicket.

7.  hoop
a circular band of metal or other stiff material used to expand a woman's skirt.

8.  hoop
Usu., hoops.

9.  hoop
the metal ring from which a basketball net is suspended, or the ring and net together.

10.  hoop
Often, hoops. the game of basketball.

11. (v.t.) hoop
to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop.

12.  hoop
to encircle; surround.

Etymology: (1125–75; ME hop(e), late OE hōp, c. OFris

Definition of 'hoop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hoop
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

2. (noun) hoop, ring
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. (noun) wicket, hoop
a small arch used as croquet equipment

4. (verb) basket, basketball hoop, hoop
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

5. (verb) hoop
bind or fasten with a hoop
"hoop vats"

Definition of 'hoop'

Webster Dictionary

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

3. (noun) hoop
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. (noun) hoop
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. (noun) hoop
an old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks

6. (noun) hoop
a shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough

7. (noun) hoop
the hoopoe. See Hoopoe

8. (verb) hoop
to bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon

9. (verb) hoop
to clasp; to encircle; to surround

10. (verb) hoop
to utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout

11. (verb) hoop
to whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop

12. (verb) hoop
to drive or follow with a shout

13. (verb) hoop
to call by a shout or peculiar cry

Translation of 'hoop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a thin ring of metal, wood etc At the circus we saw a dog jumping through a hoop.
Afrikaans: hoepel	Arabic: طَوْق رَقيق	Bulgarian: обръч
Brazilian: arco	Czech: obruč	German: der Reifen
Danish: tøndebånd	Greek: στεφάνη	Spanish: aro
Estonian: võru	Farsi: حلقه	Finnish: vanne
French: cerceau	Hebrew: חִישוּק	Hindi: छल्ला, चक्करदार पट्टी
Croatian: obruc, kolut	Hungarian: karika	Indonesian: simpai
Icelandic: gjörð	Italian: cerchio	Japanese: 輪
Korean: (금속, 나무 등으로 만든) 테, 고리	Lithuanian: lankas,žiedas	Latvian: stīpa
Malay: gelung	Dutch: hoepel	Norwegian: (rokke)ring, bøyle, tønne
Polish: koło, obręcz	Persian: حلقه	Pashto: کړی
Portuguese: arco	Romanian: inel, cerc	Russian: обруч
Slovak: obruč	Slovenian: obroč	Serbian: obruč
Swedish: tunnband, ring	Thai: ห่วง	Turkish: çember, kasnak
Taiwanese: 箍, 鐵環	Ukrainian: обруч, обід	Urdu: دھات کی گول پتری
Vietnamese: vòng xiếc	Chinese: 箍，铁环
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