hoop
/hup/
noun
- A circular band or ring, often made of metal, plastic, or wood.
- The barrel was held together by a metal hoop.
- She wore a large hoop in her ear.
- The child rolled a plastic hoop across the yard.
- The circular metal rim attached to a backboard in basketball, through which players try to throw the ball to score.
- She practiced shooting free throws at the hoop in the driveway.
- He jumped high and dunked the ball through the hoop.
- The basketball swished through the hoop for three points.
- A large ring used in gymnastics or as a toy for rolling or jumping through.
- At the circus, the lion jumped through a flaming hoop.
- Kids love to play with a hula hoop in the park.
- The gymnast spun the hoop around her waist.
- A circular arch or frame, especially one used in hoop skirts or for embroidery.
- She stretched the fabric over an embroidery hoop.
- He used a wooden hoop to hold the tapestry taut.
- The historical dress had a wide hoop under the skirt.
verb
- To surround or bind with a hoop or hoops.
- She learned to hoop the frame tightly for the drum.
- The cooper hooped the barrel with iron bands.
- They hooped the wooden tub to keep it from leaking.
- To make a hoop shape; to curve into a circle.
- The metal rod was hooped to form a handle.
- The blacksmith hooped the iron for the wagon wheel.
- He hooped the wire into a perfect circle.