hoop

CEFRC1

/huːp/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large ring used in games, sports, or decoration.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any circular band or ring.

Examples

  • Sami had a basketball hoop in front of his house.

  • The lion jumped through a burning hoop.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /hʊp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

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

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Tom bought a hula hoop.

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

  • a hoop between trees

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Origin

noun

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.