hoop

1. (countable, uncountable)A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

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   a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

2. (countable, uncountable)Any circular band or ring.

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

   gymnastic hoop

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

4. (countable, historical, uncountable)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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5. (countable, uncountable)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.

6. (countable, uncountable)The rim part of a basketball net.

7. (US, countable, in the plural, metonymically, uncountable)The game of basketball.

8. (countable, uncountable)A hoop earring.

9. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)A horizontal stripe on the jersey.

10. (Australia, broadly, countable, metonymically, slang, uncountable)A jockey.

11. (countable, figuratively, usually plural, uncountable)An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.

12. (uncountable)Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).

1. Let's go to the gym and shoot some hoops.

   deLass uns zur Turnhalle gehen und ein paar Körbe werfen!

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2. There were a lot of hoops we had to jump through.

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3. I'd jump through hoops for you.

   deFür dich würde ich durch einen Reifen springen.

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4. We used to shoot hoops together.

   ruМы когда-то играли в баскетбол вместе.

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5. Tom trained his dog to jump through hoops.

   deTom hat seinem Hund beigebracht, durch Reifen zu springen.

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