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Hoops

/huːps/

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

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noun
  1. 1

    A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

  2. 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. 3

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

  4. 4

    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.

verb
  1. 1

    To bind or fasten using a hoop.

    "to hoop a barrel or puncheon"

  2. 2

    To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

noun
  1. 1

    A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

  2. 2

    The hoopoe.

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To whoop, as in whooping cough.

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ringnoun(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
wicketnounA 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.
hulanounA form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
aimsnounIntention or goal.
annulinounA ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
barriersnounA structure that bars passage.
basketsnounA lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
cerclesnounObsolete 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).]
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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).
obstaclesnounSomething that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
purposesnounThe end for which something is done, is made or exists.
b-ballnoun(slang) basketball
basketball goalnounA basketball hoop.
rocknounA formation of minerals, specifically:
basketballingnounPlaying basketball.

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