📖 Definitions of "Hoops"
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A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- 2
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
"the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese"
- 3
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
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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.
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To bind or fasten using a hoop.
"to hoop a barrel or puncheon"
- 2
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
- 1
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
- 2
The hoopoe.
- 1
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- 2
To whoop, as in whooping cough.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hoops"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| basketnoun | A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| ringnoun | (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. |
| wicketnoun | A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. |
| basketball hoopnoun | (sports) The hoop, holding a string net, through which the basketball must be placed to score |
| ringsnoun | (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar. |
| hulanoun | A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. |
| aimsnoun | Intention or goal. |
| annulinoun | A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure. |
| barriersnoun | A structure that bars passage. |
| basketsnoun | A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| cerclesnoun | Obsolete form of circle. [(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).] |
| circles | "Circles (Just My Good Time)" is a 2005 collaborative single by Australian production duo Busface and British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, credited as Mademoiselle E.B. on all releases of the single. |
| goals | (Internet slang, also in compounds) Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated. |
| hampersnoun | (US) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper). |
| obstaclesnoun | Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively |
| purposesnoun | The end for which something is done, is made or exists. |
| b-ballnoun | (slang) basketball |
| basketball goalnoun | A basketball hoop. |
| rocknoun | A formation of minerals, specifically: |
| basketballingnoun | Playing basketball. |
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