English Dictionary

hoop

/huːp/

noun

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. / A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

He used a hoop to bind the barrel.

意味（1）

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

意味（2）

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

意味（3）

A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

意味（4）

(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.

He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.

意味（5）

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.

意味（6）

(UK, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

意味（7）

(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.

意味（8）

(US, in the plural, metonymically) The game of basketball.

Articles ranging from Chris Johnson's For Europeans, hoops is the second-most beautiful game for The Globe and Mail to Adam Minter's China Is Hoops Country for Bloomberg Opinion have detailed the rise in basketball in a wide range of countries, including the most populous ones in the world.

意味（9）

A hoop earring.

意味（10）

(sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey.

Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.

意味（11）

(Australia, metonymically, slang, by extension) A jockey.

The stewards ordered Des Coleman, the senior hoop (jockey) present, to ride and he got the horse home in a photo-finish.

意味（12）

(figuratively, usually in the plural) An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.

But if they want to export that, then they do have to go through several hoops that you will impose upon them.