hoops

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”

A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.

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.

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

The rim part of a basketball net.

(in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.

A hoop earring.

(metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.

(usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey

(usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.

To bind or fasten using a hoop.

“to hoop a barrel or puncheon”

To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

The hoopoe.

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

To whoop, as in whooping cough.