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hoop

UK/huːp/ US/hʊp/ uncommon archaic dated obsolete slang uk us
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

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”
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3.

a small arch used as croquet equipment

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4.

horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball

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verb

1.

bind or fasten with a hoop

  • “hoop vats”

Origin

From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

Phrases

  • barrel hoop
  • basketball hoop
  • embroidery hoop
  • gathering hoop
  • go through hoops
  • hoop cheese
  • hoop hoe
  • hoop house
  • hooping cough

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