hoop

IPA: hˈup

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.
(now chiefly historical) 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.
(UK, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.
(US, in the plural, metonymically) The game of basketball.
A hoop earring.
(sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
(Australia, metonymically, slang, by extension) A jockey.
(figurative, usually in the plural) An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
The hoopoe.
(soccer) someone connected with Queens Park Rangers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.
(transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
(intransitive, slang) To play basketball.
(dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
(dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.

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