hoop

Plural: hoops

Noun

a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
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"
a small arch used as croquet equipment
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
Any circular band or ring.
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
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.
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.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
The rim part of a basketball net.
The game of basketball.
A hoop earring.
A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
A jockey.
An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).
A significant amount of swing from the bowler.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
The hoopoe.

Verb

Verb Forms: hooped, hooping, hoops

To fasten or encircle with a circular band.
bind or fasten with a hoop
- "hoop vats"
To bind or fasten using a hoop.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
To play basketball.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
To whoop, as in whooping cough.

Examples

a hoop between trees
gymnastic hoop
He tried to HOOP his high-scoring word around the triple word score, but it just wouldn’t fit.
the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
to hoop a barrel or puncheon

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

basket, basketball hoop, ring, wicket

Scrabble Score: 9

hoop: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hoop: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoop: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

hoop: valid Words With Friends Word