hoop
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrelA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
» Let's go to the gym and shoot some hoops.
Lass uns zur Turnhalle gehen und ein paar Körbe werfen!
Meaning
18 senses(countable, uncountable)A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
Reif
о́бручóbruč
о́бручóbruč
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
(countable, uncountable)Any circular band or ring.
the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
gymnastic hoop
(countable, uncountable)A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
(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.
Reifrock
(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.
(countable, uncountable)The rim part of a basketball net.
(US, countable, in the plural, metonymically, uncountable)The game of basketball.
(countable, uncountable)A hoop earring.
(countable, usually plural, uncountable)A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
(Australia, broadly, countable, metonymically, slang, uncountable)A jockey.
(countable, figuratively, usually plural, uncountable)An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
(uncountable)Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).
Examples
24 sentencesLet's go to the gym and shoot some hoops.
deLass uns zur Turnhalle gehen und ein paar Körbe werfen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There were a lot of hoops we had to jump through.
I'd jump through hoops for you.
deFür dich würde ich durch einen Reifen springen. — samueldora
We used to shoot hoops together.
ruМы когда-то играли в баскетбол вместе. — sharptoothed
Tom trained his dog to jump through hoops.
deTom hat seinem Hund beigebracht, durch Reifen zu springen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combinationFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: hoopsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling:ring
- a small arch used as croquet equipment:wicket
- horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball:basketbasketball hoop
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable