HOOP

Hoop

A hoop is an apparatus in rhythmic gymnastics and may be made of plastic or wood, provided that it retains its shape during the routine. The interior diameter is from 51 to 90 cm, and the hoop must weigh a minimum of 300g. The hoop may be of a natural colour or be partially of fully covered by one or several colours, and it may be covered with adhesive tape either of the same or different colour as the hoop.

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hoop

Noun

  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
    the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
  3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline.
  4. 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.
  5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  6. The game of basketball.
  7. A hoop earring.
  8. A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  2. The hoopoe.

Verb

  1. To bind or fasten using a hoop.
    to hoop a barrel or puncheon
  2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough.


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