[
US
/ˈhup/
]
[ UK /hˈuːp/ ]
[ UK /hˈuːp/ ]
NOUN
- a small arch used as croquet equipment
- horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
-
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 light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
VERB
-
bind or fasten with a hoop
hoop vats
How To Use hoop In A Sentence
- I ` d like to see it minus bodywork to see if it ` s got smaller wheels than the big old hoops normal for the period, cos i reckon even tho the bodywork is quite wide, full lock would find large dia. wheels causing a few problems. 1930 Art Deco Henderson
- After an exchange of letters, I have finally got my appointment for next week - whoopee, I am still alive to attend it, thank God.
- When the Mexican chair of the meeting declared the talks formally closed there were whoops of delight from the African delegates.
- Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
- The mobs of drunken men are whooping it up upstairs.
- Hula hoops and pet rocks were fads; personal computers and cellular telephones are trends that are changing the way people live.
- The cover picture, the story and all the hoopla that surrounded it made me a celebrity. Times, Sunday Times
- She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
- This is particularly true of the film's climax, which somehow manages to demolish several cop cars, and find Ellen clutching a parasail and jumping through flaming hoops in water skis, yet still be completely unfunny.
- I would wear it with hoop earrings and thong sandals that were picked up in Capri beforehand. Times, Sunday Times