hoop[noun]Synonyms: ring, band, circlet, girdle, loop, wheel
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
hoop /huːp $ hʊp, huːp/
noun [countable][
Language: 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 throw the ball through to score points in
basketball b) hoops [plural] American English informal the game of
basketball4. jump/go through hoops if someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do
5. (
also hoop earrings) an
earring that is shaped like a ring
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cock-a-hoop,
hula hoop [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲